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Tag Archives: religion
Book Announcement: Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2
Via University of Hawai’i Press. Protectors and Predators: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2 Author: Faure, Bernard; 584pp. December 2015 Cloth – Price: $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3931-4 Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators is … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Buddhism, esoteric Buddhism, Japan, medieval, medieval Japan, religion, ritual
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Job Opening: East Asian religions, Northwestern University
Institution: Northwestern University, Religious Studies Department Location: Illinois, United States Position: Assistant Professor in East Asian Religions NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track appointment beginning September 1, 2016 at the rank of … Continue reading
Book Announcement: From Outcasts to Emperors: Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī Cult in Medieval Japan
From Outcasts to Emperors: Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī Cult in Medieval Japan. Brill’s Japanese Studies Library, vol. 50. Leiden: Brill, 2015. 340 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-29339-7 (hardback) http://www.brill.com/products/book/outcasts-emperors-shingon-ritsu-and-manjusri-cult-medieval-japan In From Outcasts to Emperors, David Quinter illuminates the Shingon Ritsu movement founded by the … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Buddhism, Japan, Kamakura Buddhism, medieval, medieval Japan, religion, Shingon, Shingon Buddhism
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Job Opening: Religious Studies (Japanese Buddhism), Stanford University
Institution: Stanford University, Religious Studies Location: California, United States Position: Assistant Professor, Japanese Buddhism The Department of Religious Studies at Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor in the field … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Barbara Ambros, Women in Japanese Religions
Ambros, Barbara R. Women in Japanese Religions. NYU Press, 2015. ISBN: 9781479884063 Scholars have widely acknowledged the persistent ambivalence with which the Japanese religious traditions treat women. Much existing scholarship depicts Japan’s religious traditions as mere means of oppression. But this view … Continue reading
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Tagged books, history, Japan, Japanese religion, religion, women's history
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Book Announcement: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism
A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism William E. Deal (Case Western U.) and Brian Ruppert (University of Illinois) From the Back Cover: A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism presents a vivid, nuanced, and chronological account of Buddhist religion in Japan, … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Building a Heaven on Earth: Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea
Via University of Hawai’i Press. Building a Heaven on Earth: Religion, Activism, and Protest in Japanese Occupied Korea Author: Park, Albert L. 320pp. January 2015 Cloth – Price: $56.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3965-9 Why and how did Korean religious groups respond to … Continue reading
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Tagged activism, book announcement, books, history, Korea, occupation, religion
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Book Announcement: The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan
Via University of Hawai’i Press. The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan Author: Sango, Asuka 304pp. February 2015 Cloth – Price: $54.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3986-4 In this pioneering study of the shifting status of the … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Promising Practices: Women Volunteers in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society
Promising Practices: Women Volunteers in Contemporary Japanese Religious Civil Society Based upon a survey of five Japanese faith-based volunteer groups, the book offers insights and fresh perspectives into the ways women’s participation in religious civic organizations may work as a … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, faith, Japan, religion, society, volunteering, women, womens studies
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Book Announcement: Zen Koans
Author: Heine, Steven; 206pp. August 2014 Paper – Price: $17.00ISBN: 978-0-8248-3974-1 Cloth (Print on Demand) – Price: $48.00 ISBN: 978-0-8248-3973-4 Via University of Hawai’i Press “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” “Does a dog have Buddha-nature?” These cryptic … Continue reading
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