A comparative study of adjustments to social catastrophes in Christianity and Buddhism
Subtitle: the Black Death in Europe and the Kamakura takeover in Japan as causes of religious reform
By: Kirk R. MacGregor ; with a foreword by John K. Simmons
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lewiston, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780773415492
Subjects: Europe; Buddhist renewal; Relations; Christianity; Black Death; Buddhism; Church renewal; Church history; Christianity and other religions; History
Description: Considers the effects on the religious and philosophical establishments, of disasters (natural and man-made) and compares the reactions of European Christianity to the Black Death (16th century CE) to the reactions of Japanese Buddhism to the Kamakura takeover (12-13th centuries CE).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Contextualization: Japanese and European religio-historical backgrounds; title: Social catastrophes and the divine-human relationship: religious perceptions and theological ramifications; title: Honen and Luther: salvation by faith alone; title: Shinran and calvin: salvation by grace alone: concluding reflections.