The transmission of Shin Buddhism in the west
Subtitle: Jodo Shinshu religious educational process
By: Seigen H. Yamaoka
Contributors: Buddhist Churches of America
Publisher: Federation of Dharma School Teachers League; Buddhist Churches of America
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [San Francisco]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780974938608
Subjects: Doctrines; Study and teaching; Shin (Sect); Buddhist education; Religious education; Teaching methods
Notes: "Dendo"--Cover.

"Transmission"--Page [i].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-306).
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Introduction; title: Part 2. Application and interpretation of the educational process; title: Section 1. Real life stories; title: Section 2. Pastoral care, counseling and the six aspects; title: Section 3. Other perspectives on the six aspects; title: Part 3. Doctrinal basis and development of the educational process; title: Chapter 1. The necessity for Jodo Shinshu religious education studies for the twenty-first century; title: Chapter 2. Religious education in the west and in Buddhism; title: Chapter 3. The origin of Jodo Shinshu religious education studies; title: Chapter 4. The development of an educational process within the context of Jodo Shinshu religious education studies; title: Chapter 5. The doctrinal perspective of Jodo Shinshu within the context of religious education studies; title: Chapter 6. Expanding the meaning of endowed Shinjin through the introduction of the six aspects of endowed Shinjin; title: Chapter 7. The development of the six characteristics of the human life process; title: Chapter 8. The six aspects and the six characteristics and other person-centered disciplines; title: Part 4. Reference; title: Diagrams.