Neither monk nor layman : clerical marriage in modern Japanese Buddhism /

Buddhism comes in many forms, but in Japan it stands apart from all the rest in one striking way - the monks get married. This study addresses the emergence of an openly married clergy as a momentous change in the history of modern Japanese Buddhism.

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Author / Creator: Jaffe, Richard M., 1954-
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:In English.
Imprint: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.
Series:Buddhisms.
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