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Jōdo Shinshū : Shin Buddhism in medieval Japan / James C. Dobbins.
- Title
- Jōdo Shinshū : Shin Buddhism in medieval Japan / James C. Dobbins.
- Author
- Dobbins, James C., 1949-
- Publication
- Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, 2002.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 242 p.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This work combines the biography of the founder of Shin Buddhism with a detailed study of the complex development of the religion, from its simple beginnings as a small, rural primarily lay Buddhist movement in the 12th century to its rapid growth as a powerful urban religion in the 15th century. -- Amazon.com.
- Series Statement
- Pure Land Buddhist studies
- Uniform Title
- Pure Land Buddhist studies
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Note
- Originally published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1989.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-233) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Ch. 1. Jodo Shinshu -- Ch. 2. Honen, the Exclusive Nembutsu, and Suppression -- Ch. 3. Shinran and His Teachings -- Ch. 4. Licensed Evil -- Ch. 5. The Early Shinshu -- Ch. 6. Kakunyo and the Creation of the Honganji Temple -- Ch. 7. The Shinshu and Rival Schools of Buddhism -- Ch. 8. Shinshu Factions -- Ch. 9. Rennyo and the Consolidation of the Shinshu -- Afterword: Shin Buddhism: An Appraisal.
- ISBN
- 0824826205 (pbk. alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2002018047
- OCLC
- 48958350
- SCSB-11101568
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library