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Tag Archives: religious studies
Book Announcement: Defining Shugendō: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion
Defining Shugendo: Critical Studies on Japanese Mountain Religion Editor(s): Andrea Castiglioni, Fabio Rambelli, Carina Roth Defining Shugendo brings together leading international experts on Japanese mountain asceticism to discuss what has been an essential component of Japanese religions for more than a … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives
Tales of Idolized Boys: Male-Male Love in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Narratives Sachi Schmidt-Hori In medieval Japan (14th–16th centuries), it was customary for elite families to entrust their young sons to the care of renowned Buddhist priests from whom they received … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun’s Verse Comments on Dōgen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye
Flowers Blooming on a Withered Tree: Giun’s Verse Comments on Dōgen’s Treasury of the True Dharma Eye Steven Heine OVERVIEW This book provides a translation and critical bilingual edition on the Verse Comments on the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye. … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Dogen, Japan, japanese studies, religious studies, translation
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Book Announcement: Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident
Christian Sorcerers on Trial: Records of the 1827 Osaka Incident Translated and with an introduction by Fumiko Miyazaki, Kate Wildman Nakai, and Mark Teeuwen In 1829, three women and three men were paraded through Osaka and crucified. Placards set up … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, early modern Japan, Edo period, Japan, Japanese history, religion, religious studies, translation
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Book Announcement: Behold the Buddha: Religious Meanings of Japanese Buddhist Icons
Behold the Buddha: Religious Meanings of Japanese Buddhist Icons James C. Dobbins Images of the Buddha are everywhere—not just in temples but also in museums and homes and online—but what these images mean largely depends on the background and circumstance … Continue reading
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Tagged art, Asian art, Buddha, Buddhism, Japan, premodern Japan, religious studies
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Book Announcement: Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan
AGENTS OF WORLD RENEWAL: THE RISE OF YONAOSHI GODS IN JAPAN Takashi Miura This volume examines a category of Japanese divinities that centered on the concept of “world renewal” (yonaoshi). In the latter half of the Tokugawa period (1603–1867), a … Continue reading
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Job Opening: Assistant Professor, East Asian Religions and Global Buddhism
GRINNELL COLLEGE. The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a tenure-track appointment in East Asian Religions and Global Buddhism beginning Fall 2019. Assistant Professor (Ph.D.) preferred; Instructor (ABD) or Associate Professor possible. Research and teaching interests might include, but … Continue reading
Book Announcement: Word Embodied: The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art
Word Embodied: The Jeweled Pagoda Mandalas in Japanese Buddhist Art Halle O’Neal In this study of the Japanese jeweled pagoda mandalas, Halle O’Neal reveals the entangled realms of sacred body, beauty, and salvation. Much of the previous scholarship on these … Continue reading
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Tagged asian religion, bodies, book announcement, books, Buddhism, buddhist art, language, religion, religious studies
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Book Announcement: Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia
Via University of Washington Press. Imagination and Narrative: Lexical and Cultural Translation in Buddhist Asia EDITED BY PETER SKILLING AND JUSTIN THOMAS MCDANIEL CONTENTS The diffusion of religious thought in Buddhist Asia has been marked by new modes of expression. … Continue reading
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Book Announcement: FROM CHINESE CHAN TO JAPANESE ZEN: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation
FROM CHINESE CHAN TO JAPANESE ZEN: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation, Steven Heine (New York: Oxford University Press, 2017), 304 Pages | 27 illus., ISBN: 9780190637507 Examines the transformation of Chan Buddhism into Zen Buddhism from … Continue reading
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Tagged book announcement, books, Chan Buddhism, China, east asia, East Asian Religions, Japan, religion, religious studies, Zen Buddhism
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What can I do with a B.A. in Japanese Studies? 