商品簡介
This book analyzes social aspects of Shin Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu), a mainstream Japanese religious tradition. The contributions collected here especially focus on the intersection between Shin Buddhism, politics, education, social movements, economy, culture and the media, gender, and globalization.
作者簡介
Ugo Dessi, Ph.D. (Religious Studies) currently teaches at the Institute of Religious Studies, University of Leipzig. He has published on Shin Buddhism and Japanese religions including Ethics and Society in Contemporary Shin Buddhism (Lit Verlag, 2007).
Contributors include: Ugo Dessi, Martin Repp, Galen Amstutz, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Jessica Main, Simone Heidegger, and Elisabetta Porcu.
