Description
| Product ID: | 9780824866921 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Contemporary Buddhism |
| Title: | Guardians of the Buddha's Home |
| Subtitle: | Domestic Religion in Contemporary Jodo Shinshu |
| Authors: | Author: Jessica Starling, Mark Michael Rowe |
| Page Count: | 232 |
| Subjects: | Buddhism, Buddhism, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Gender studies, gender groups, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, Gender studies, gender groups, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bomori, or temple guardians) at its centre. Throughout, Jessica Starling focuses on “domestic religion”, a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Hawai'i Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-12-30 |