Bonds of the dead : temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism / Mark Michael Rowe.

Author/creator Rowe, Mark
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Descriptionxv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesBuddhism and modernity
Buddhism and modernity. ^A597649
Contents The "death" of Japanese Buddhism -- Avoiding abandonment -- Challenging the status quo - myōkōji -- Limitless connections - tōchōji -- Scattering ashes -- Sectarian researchers and the funeral problem -- Appendix: Jōdo sect survey of funerary Buddhism.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageIncludes text in English and Japanese.
LCCN 2011009198
ISBN9780226730134 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0226730131 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780226730158 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226730158 (pbk. : alk. paper)