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Where the Action Is: Sites of Contemporary Sōtō Buddhism |
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| Author |
Rowe, Mark
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| Source |
Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
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| Volume | v.31 n.2 |
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| Date | 2004 |
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| Pages | 357 - 388 |
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| Publisher | Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture=南山宗教文化研究所 |
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http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/
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| Location | 名古屋, 日本 [Nagoya, Japan] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Mark Rowe is currently finishing his PhD in the Religion Department at Princeton University. His
dissertation explores the impact of changing Japanese burial practices on contemporary Japanese Buddhism. |
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| Keyword | Soto Zen; genba; mortuary rites; ordination ceremony; sosai mondai |
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| Abstract | This article considers reactions at various levels of the Soto sect to the problems
of funerary Buddhism. There is a widening gap, not only between the
necessities of mortuary practice at local temples (both rural and urban) and
the doctrine of no-self ostensibly embodied in the foundational texts of Dogen
and Keizan, but also within the very organizational structures of the Soto sect
itself. From its official publications and regional conferences to innovative
strategies being developed at individual temples, I argue that, far from being a
unified body, Soto Buddhism speaks with an array of competing and often
contradictory voices. The diversity of Soto responses to the “mortuary problem”
reveals intriguing disconnects between the research arm of the sect, those
responsible for training priests, and the daily realities of local temples. |
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| ISSN | 03041042 (P) |
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| Created date | 2006.04.28 |
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| Modified date | 2017.08.29 |
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