Neither Monk nor Layman
Subtitle: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: December 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780691074955
Subjects: Asian studies; Buddhism; Cultural studies; Religion; Japan; Religion - World Religions; Buddhism - General; Asian and Asian American Studies; Religion / Buddhism; Family relationships; Marriage; Priests, Buddhist; Religious aspects
First sentence: MORE THAN a century after the decriminalization of nikujiki saitai, marriage by Buddhist clerics is now a familiar part of Japanese life.