worldliness in a religion of renunciation Covell, Stephen Grover 1965- creator ebrary, Inc text bibliography biography Electronic books. hiu Honolulu University of Hawaii Press c2005 2005 monographic eng

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xii, 256 p. 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. Stephen G. Covell. Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-249) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. a-ja--- Buddhism Japan History 1945- Buddhist priests Office Japan BQ697 .C67 2005eb 294.3/65/0952 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386661 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386661 CaPaEBR 050318 ebr10386661