Studying Buddhism in practice
By: edited by John S. Harding
Series: Religions in practice series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9780415464857; 9780415464864; 9780203143964
Subjects: Buddhism; Buddhism and culture; Customs and practices
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Coronation at Koyasan : how one woman became king and learned about homeland security and national health care in ancient Japan / Pamela D. Winfield; title: Buddhism through the lens : a study of the study of Buddhism through film / Lina Verchery; title: Voice and gender in Vietnamese Buddhist practice / Alexander Soucy; title: Feasting for the dead : Theravada Buddhist funerals / Rita Langer; title: Buddha for our time : images of a Sri Lankan culture hero / John Clifford Holt; title: Shifting signposts in Shikoku pilgrimage / John S. Harding; title: From texts to people : developing new skills / Mavis L. Fenn; title: Merit, gender, and Theravada Buddhist practices in times of crisis / Monica Lindberg Falk; title: Encounters with jizo-san in an aging Japan / Jason A. Danely; title: Amitabha's birthday and liberation of life / Paul Crowe; title: Preaching as performance : notes on a secretive Shin Buddhist sermon / Clark Chilson; title: The insides and outsides of a Tibetan Buddhist ritual on the outskirts of Sujata Village / James B. Apple; title: Practicing the study of Buddhism : cross-cultural journeys and renewed humanism in the history of religions / William R. LaFleur.