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Sōjiji : discipline, compassion, and enlightenment at a Japanese Zen temple
- Title
- Sōjiji : discipline, compassion, and enlightenment at a Japanese Zen temple / Joshua A. Irizarry.
- Author
- Irizarry, Joshua A.
- Publication
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
- ©2022
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- Additional Authors
- Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
- Description
- x, 300 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Sōjiji is one of the two head temples of Sōtō Zen, the largest sect of Japanese Buddhism. The temple is steeped in centuries of culture and tradition, but it is very much rooted in the present and future, performing functions and catering to needs that reflect the changing demographic, social, and religious landscapes of contemporary Japan. Based on more than fifteen years of fieldwork, interviews, and archival research, Sōjiji: Discipline, Compassion, and Enlightenment at a Japanese Zen Temple immerses the reader in the lives and experiences of the different groups that comprise Sōjiji's contemporary religious community. Through clear and accessible prose, ethnographically-grounded analysis, and emotionally compelling stories, the reader will explore the rich pastiche of daily life and ritual activity at a major Japanese Zen temple in institutional, historical, and social context through the lived practices of its community of clergy, practitioners, parishioners, and visitors."
- Series Statement
- Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 94
- Uniform Title
- Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 94.
- Alternative Title
- Discipline, compassion, and enlightenment at a Japanese Zen temple
- Soujiji
- Sojiji
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies.
- History.
- Note
- Includes glossary with terminology romanized and in Japanese script (pages 248-254).
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Sōjiji, the Forest for a Thousand Years -- Chapter 1. The History of Sōjiji -- Chapter 2. The Training of a Sōtō Zen Novice -- Chapter 3. Bearing the Mantle of Priesthood -- Chapter 4. Struggling for Enlightenment (While Keeping Your Day Job) -- Chapter 5. Performing Compassion Through Goeika Music -- Chapter 6. Making Ancestors Through Memorial Rituals -- Conclusion: For a Thousand Years -- Epilogue: In Perpetuity -- Afterward: Writing Sōjiji -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 22-4999
- ISBN
- 9780472075362
- 0472075365
- 9780472055364
- 0472055364
- LCCN
- 2022000989
- OCLC
- 1258781951
- Author
- Irizarry, Joshua A., author.
- Title
- Sōjiji : discipline, compassion, and enlightenment at a Japanese Zen temple / Joshua A. Irizarry.
- Publisher
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; number 94Michigan monograph series in Japanese studies ; no. 94.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-291) and index.
- Added Author
- Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Irizarry, Joshua Aaron, 1979- Sojiji. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022. 9780472220168 (DLC) 2022000990
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-4999