Death and the afterlife in Japanese Buddhism / edited by Jacqueline I. Stone and Mariko Namba Walter.

Other author Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse.
Other author Walter, Mariko Namba.
Format Book
Publication InfoHonolulu : University of Hawaii Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies--Japan.
Future life--Buddhism.

Contents Mukaekō : practice for the deathbed / Sarah Johanna Horton -- With the help of "good friends" : deathbed ritual practices in early medieval Japan / Jacqueline I. Stone -- Beyond death and the afterlife : considering relic veneration in medieval Japan / Brian O. Ruppert -- Collective suicide at the funeral of Jitsunyo : mimesis or solidarity / Mark L. Blum -- At the crossroads of birth and death : the blood pool hell and postmortem fetal extraction / Hank Glassman -- Funerary Zen : Sōtō Zen death management in Tokugawa Japan / Duncan Ryūken Williams -- The structure of Japanese Buddhist funerals / Mariko Namba Walter -- The price of naming the deat : posthumous precept names and critiques of contemporary Japanese Buddhism / Stephen G. Covell -- The orthodox heresy of Buddhist funerals / George J. Tanabe Jr.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008010428
ISBN9780824832049 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0824832043 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks BQ5020 .D43 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold