02005nam a22003854a 4500 ebr10386661 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 050318s2005 hiu sb s001 0beng 2005008002 9780824828561 (alk. paper) 0824828569 (alk. paper) 9780824829674 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0824829670 (pbk. : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)256488460 a-ja--- BQ697 .C67 2005eb 294.3/65/0952 22 Covell, Stephen Grover, 1965- Japanese temple Buddhism [electronic resource] : worldliness in a religion of renunciation / Stephen G. Covell. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2005. xii, 256 p. Topics in contemporary Buddhism Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index. Temple Buddhism today: scholarly and popular images of corruption -- Laity and the temple: past and present -- Trying to have it both ways: the laity in a world-renouncer organization? -- The contemporary priesthood: images of identity crisis -- New priests for new times? -- Coming to terms: temple wives and world-renouncers -- Money and the temple: law, taxes and the image of Buddhism -- The price of naming the dead: funerals, posthumous precept names, and changing views of the afterlife. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Buddhism Japan History 1945- Buddhist priests Office Japan. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Topics in contemporary Buddhism. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386661 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 205296 205296