Bonds of the Dead Buddhism and Modernity

The central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. This book shows how mortuary services came to form the social and economic base of Buddhist institutions and considers how this base has recently been eroded by changing public perceptions of the status, treatment and location of the dead.

Year

2011

Language

English

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Editions

1

Pages

258

ISBN

9780226730158

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