Jodo Shinshu: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan

by James C. Dobbins

Overview

First paperback edition

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824859053
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	06/01/2016
Series:	Pure Land Buddhist Studies
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

James C. Dobbins is Fairchild Professor Emeritus of Religion and East Asian Studies at Oberlin College.

Editorial Reviews

Dobbins (religion and East Asian studies, Oberlin College) describes the rise and development of Japan's largest school of Buddhism in premodern times, part of the Pure Land Buddhism that grew in parallel to Zen Buddhism. The 1989 hard cover edition was published by Indiana University Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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