Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism - Jørn Borup

Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism

Myōshinji, a living religion

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Buch | Hardcover
326 Seiten
2008
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-16557-1 (ISBN)
173,34 inkl. MwSt
Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism gives a new perspective on contemporary Japanese Zen Buddhism. Ideas, ritual practices, temples and interactions between the clergy, the laity and the institution are investigated as living representations of a unique and yet common Japanese religion.
Zen Buddhist ideas and practices in many ways are unique within the study of religion, and artists, poets and Buddhists practitioners worldwide have found inspiration from this tradition. Until recent years, representations of Zen Buddhism have focussed almost entirely on philosophical, historical or “spiritual” aspects. This book investigates the contemporary living reality of the largest Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhist group, Myōshinji. Drawing on textual studies and ethnographic fieldwork, Jørn Borup analyses how its practitioners use and understand their religion, how they practice their religiosity and how different kinds of Zen Buddhists (monks, nuns, priest, lay people) interact and define themselves within the religious organization. Japanese Rinzai Zen Buddhism portrays a living Zen Buddhism being both uniquely interesting and interestingly typical for common Buddhist and Japanese religiosity.

Jørn Borup (b. 1966) Ph.D. (2002) and M.A. in The Study of Religion and Japanese, is assistant professor at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has published on Buddhism in Japan and Denmark, mainly in Danish.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.2.2008
Reihe/Serie Numen Book Series ; 119
Verlagsort Leiden
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 669 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 90-04-16557-6 / 9004165576
ISBN-13 978-90-04-16557-1 / 9789004165571
Zustand Neuware
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