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Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Judith Snodgrass
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-12-04 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Japanese Buddhism was introduced to a wide Western audience when a delegation of Buddhist priests attended the World's Parliament of Religions, part of the 1893
Presenting Japanese Buddhism to the West
Language: en
Pages: 374
Authors: Judith Snodgrass
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Japanese Buddhism was introduced to the West during the World's Parliament of Religions, in the 1893 Columbian Exposition. In describing and analysing this even
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-30 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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This ambitious work offers a transnational account of the deity Shinra Myōjin, the “god of Silla” worshipped in medieval Japanese Buddhism from the elevent
Seeking Sakyamuni
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Though fascinated with the land of their tradition’s birth, virtually no Japanese Buddhists visited the Indian subcontinent before the nineteenth century. In
Echoes of Empire
Language: en
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Authors: Kalypso Nicolaïdis
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How does our colonial past echo through today's global politics? How have former empire-builders sought vindication or atonement, and formerly colonized states