wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Lay Buddhism in Contemporary Japan: Reiyukai Kyodan
ISBN: 9780691640419 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Basing her book on four years of field work (including interviews, a survey of 2,000 Reiyukai members, and eight months of residence with believers), she analyzes Reiyukai ancestor worship and veneration of the Lotus Sutra. She explains the enduring appeal of a religion, founded in 1919, that dedicates itself to the spread of true Buddhism" and that retains its core intact, in spite of a number of schisms. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the... Basing her book on four years of field work (including interviews, a survey of 2,000 Reiyukai members, and eight months of residence with believers... |
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724,44 zł |
Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan
ISBN: 9780691020488 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming. The description for this book, Kurozumikyo and the New Religions of Japan, will be forthcoming. |
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191,10 zł |
Shinto: A History
ISBN: 9780190621711 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradition whose colorful rituals are still practiced today. Under the ideal of Shinto, a divinely descended emperor governs through rituals offered to deities called Kami. These rituals are practiced in innumerable shrines across the realm, so that local rites mirror the monarch's ceremonies. Through this theatre of state, it is thought, the human, natural, and supernatural worlds will align in harmony and prosper.
Often called "the indigenous... Distinguished scholar of Japanese religions and culture Helen Hardacre offers the first comprehensive history of Shinto, the ancient and vibrant tradi...
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226,59 zł |
Marketing the Menacing Fetus in Japan: Volume 7
ISBN: 9780520216549 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Helen Hardacre provides new insights into the spiritual and cultural dimensions of abortion debates around the world in this careful examination of mizuko kuyo--a Japanese religious ritual for aborted fetuses. Popularized during the 1970s, when religious entrepreneurs published frightening accounts of fetal wrath and spirit attacks, mizuko kuyo offers ritual atonement for women who, sometimes decades previously, chose to have abortions. As she explores the complex issues that surround this practice, Hardacre takes into account the history of Japanese attitudes toward abortion,...
Helen Hardacre provides new insights into the spiritual and cultural dimensions of abortion debates around the world in this careful examination of |
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213,41 zł |
Maitreya, the Future Buddha
ISBN: 9780521180108 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in 1988, this book is a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the legend that has evolved around the figure of Maitreya, which followers of the Buddha Siddh rtha Gautama had agreed would be the future Buddha, and the substantial influence of this legend on Buddhist culture. Arising out of an international conference held at Princeton University, this collection of twelve essays by specialists in textual studies, art history and cultural anthropology examines the origins of the Maitreya tradition in South Asia as well as a variety of culturally specific expressions...
Originally published in 1988, this book is a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the legend that has evolved around the figure of Maitreya, ...
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259,22 zł |
The Postwar Development of Japanese Studies in the United States
ISBN: 9789004109810 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 425 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the general editorship of Helen Hardacre (Reischauer Institute Professor of Japanese Religions and Society at Harvard University) shows that a range of factors have directed Japanese studies in the United States since 1945. Among these factors are social and political change in Japan and the United States, shifts in dominant scholarly concerns about Japan, and changing evaluations of area studies.
The work consists of twelve essays in a wide variety... The present volume documents the postwar history of United States scholarship on Japan. A careful selection of North American scholars under the gener...
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902,84 zł |
Shinto and the State, 1868-1988
ISBN: 9780691020525 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from the Meiji Restoration to the present. Nowhere else in modern history do we find so pronounced an example of government sponsorship of a religion as in Japan's support of shinto. How did that sponsorship come about and how was it maintained? How was it dismantled after World War II? What attempts are being made today to reconstruct it? In answering these questions, Hardacre shows why State shinto symbols, such as the Yasukuni Shrine and its... Helen Hardacre, a leading scholar of religious life in modern Japan, examines the Japanese state's involvement in and manipulation of shinto from t... |
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229,32 zł |
Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism
ISBN: 9781793609045 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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584,22 zł |
Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism
ISBN: 9781793609069 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutional Revisionism and Civic Activism is a volume which examines the history of Japan’s constitutional debates, key legal decisions and interpretations, the history and variety of activism, and activists’ ties to party politics and to fellow activists overseas.
Since the adoption of the 1947 Constitution of Japan, the document has become a contested symbol of contrasting visions of Japan. Japanese Constitutio...
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191,10 zł |