Richard K. Payne, PhD, is dean and Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, California, an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union, and he is a member of the GTU's core doctoral faculty. He is editor of a number of scholarly series on Buddhism, and his ongoing research focuses on tantric Buddhist ritual. He erratically blogs at http: //rkpayne.wordpress.com.
摘要
This collection of essays forms an historiographical examination of various aspects of Japanese Buddhism during the Kamakura era. Aspects such as religious practice, literature and institutional history help to illustrate the complexity and richness of Buddhism during this era and as a whole.
