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Yi Liu,
Postponement in Perpetuality: The Buddha's Prophecy of the End of Buddhism and Its Transmission in East Asia

The Buddha prophesied that his teachings would vanish a few hundred years after his passing, creating an existential dilemma for Chinese Buddhists on the brink of Buddhism's disappearance. This book exami…

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Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia

Redefining how we understand diplomacy, Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia reveals Buddhism as a dynamic force in shaping international relations . This groundbreaking open access book highlight…

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Stephen G Covell
The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

How have Buddhist teachings come to be in modern and contemporary Japan and how are they taught? This pioneering work seeks to answer these questions by highlighting the public teachings of Temple Buddhis…

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Stephen G Covell
The Teaching and Teachings of Temple Buddhism in Contemporary Japan

"How have Buddhist teachings come to be in modern and contemporary Japan and how are they taught? This pioneering work seeks to answer these questions by highlighting the public teachings of Temple B…

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Astrid Hovden
LIMI, the Land In-Between

This book examines the art of governing a Himalayan frontier community through local institutions and customary law in the context of extensive socio-economic and political change. Limi, the Land In-Betwe…

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Janet R Goodwin
Dodging and Confronting Stigma

"Dodging and Confronting Stigma examines the lives of people who were stigmatized or marginalized in Japan's late classical and medieval ages. Often characterized as beggars, they in fact pursued a v…

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Sherry D Fowler
Buddhist Bells and Dragons

Recovers the essential but unrecognised roles of Buddhist temple bells in the history of art, religious studies, and the history of interregional and international relations with Japan.

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Talia Andrei
Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries

Sacred Journeys and Institutional Rivalries is a richly illustrated exploration of large-scale landscape paintings that first appeared in late-medieval Japan, known as pilgrimage mandalas (sankei mandara)…

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Ian Neary
Soeda and the Making of Modern Japan

Soeda's story provides insights into the last thousand years of Japanese history. It was the location of a strategically important castle, Ganjakujo, from the twelfth century until its destruction by Toyo…

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Vincent Goossaert,
The Beef Taboo in China

Praise for the French edition"It will no longer be possible to discuss Chinese civilization without referring to this work, the foundation for a new vision of culture and religiosity in China. Schola…

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Vincent Goossaert,
The Beef Taboo in China

Praise for the French edition"It will no longer be possible to discuss Chinese civilization without referring to this work, the foundation for a new vision of culture and religiosity in China. Schola…

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Yi Ding,
Observances, Feasts, and Scripts

Observances, Feasts, and Scripts is the first monograph written in English to offer a comprehensive analysis of the varieties of zhai, a multifaceted term with deep historical and religious significance i…

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Natasha Heller,
Literature for Little Bodhisattvas

"In Literature for little bodhisattvas, Natasha Heller makes two key interventions: first, she argues that picturebooks are a new genre of Buddhist writing, and second, she calls attention to an emer…

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Mass Conversions to Christianity and Islam, 800-1100

This book explores the widespread mass conversions to Christianity and Islam that took place in Europe and Asia in the ninth to eleventh centuries. Taking a comparative perspective, contributors explore t…

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