Guardians of the Buddha's Home: Domestic Religion in Contemporary Jōdo Shinshū
(Part of the Contemporary Buddhism Series)
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In Guardians of the Buddha's Home , Jessica Starling draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bomori, or temple guardians) at its center. Throughout, she focuses on "domestic religion," a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression that has received scant attention in the scholarly literature. The Buddhist...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0824888391
ISBN13:9780824888398
Release Date:July 2020
Publisher:University of Hawaii Press
Length:200 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
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