The social dimension of Shin Buddhism - Dessi, Ugo (Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010)
Sadržaj: Introduction : Shin Buddhism and Japanese society / Ugo Dessi -- Socio-economic impacts of Honen's Pure Land doctrines : an inquiry into the interplay between Buddhist teachings and institutions / Martin Repp -- Shin Buddhism and burakumin in the Edo period / Galen Amstutz -- Shinshu studies and the legacy of liberal thought in Japan / Melissa Anne-Marie Curley -- To lament the self : the ethical ideology of Takeuchi Ryo'on (1891-1968) and the Otani-ha movement against buraku discrimination / Jessica L. Main -- Shin Buddhism and gender : the discourse on gender discrimination and related reforms / Simone Heidegger -- Speaking through the media : Shin Buddhism, popular culture and the Internet / Elisabetta Porcu -- Shin Buddhism and globalization : attitudes toward the political subsystem and pluralism at the organizational and individual levels / Ugo Dessi.
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Keywords: japanske religije -- shin buddhizam - sociološki aspekti; sociologija religije