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Books on: buddhists japan

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A Time to Chant: The Soka Gakkai Buddhists in Britain

Book by Bryan Wilson, Karel Dobbelaere; Clarendon Press, 1994

Subjects:

Soka Gakkai Buddhists--Great Britain

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Soka Gakkai--a movement of Japanese Buddhism--is one of the world's most rapidly expanding religious movements, especially in the West. The movement sponsors a variety of cultural and educational causes, and is active in promoting world peace and preservation of the environment; as such it has ...
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Soka Gakkai--a movement of Japanese Buddhism--is one of the world's most rapidly expanding religious movements, especially in the West. The movement sponsors a variety of cultural and educational causes, and is active in promoting world peace and preservation of the environment; as such it has established a high profile in world affairs. Soka Gakkai is also a significant social phenomenon in its own right. This study documents this in its thorough survey of the United Kingdom membership that traces the sources of the movement's appeal to its socially diverse constituency. The combination of a questionnaire survey and personal interviews bring illuminating detail to this sociological analysis. The authors suggest that Soka Gakkai is consistent with modern thought that places a growing emphasis on the essentially private nature of belief and on personal autonomy, and less emphasis on traditional religious institutions. It is for these reasons that Soka Gakkai is a faith in tune with the times and has widening appeal to young people.
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Sensory Biographies: Lives and Deaths among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists

Book by Robert Desjarlais; University of California Press, 2003

Subjects:

Buddhists--Nepal--Biography, Death--Religious Aspects--Buddhism, Lamas--Nepal--Biography, Nepal--Religious Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

"One of the most powerful ethnographies in any field that I have read in recent years. . . a model of anthropological analysis that addresses questions on the cutting edge of the discipline."--Veena Das, author of "Critical Events: An Anthropological Perspective on Contemporary India"
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Buddhism and Christianity in Japan: From Conflict to Dialogue, 1854-1899

Book by Notto R. Thelle; University of Hawaii Press, 1987

Subjects:

Buddhism--Relations--Christianity, Christianity And Other Religions--Buddhism, Japan--Church History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...history. 2. Missions to Buddhists -- Japan. 3. Christianity and...present dialogue between Buddhists and Christians in Japan has introduced a radically...other concerns of the Buddhists in the years after the opening of Japan, as it is depicted...
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History of Japan

Book by SaburŌ D. Ienaga; Japan Travel Bureau, 1962

Subjects:

Japan--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

HISTORY OF JAPAN TOURIST LIBRARY: 15 "Black Ships" from the collection...indicates the firing of a salute. Ref. page 176 . HISTORY OF JAPAN BY SABURO D. IENAGA Litt. JAPAN TRAVEL BUREAU TOKYO HISTORY OF JAPAN 1962 by Japan...
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The Buddhist Sects of Japan: Their History, Philosophical Doctrines and Sanctuaries

Book by E. Steinilber-Oberlin, Kuni Matsuo, Marc Logé; George Allen & Unwin, 1938

Subjects:

Buddhism--Japan, Buddhism--Sacred Books--Selection, Buddhist Sects, Japan--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the thought of enlightened Buddhists of our times, and such as...other hand, it was only in Japan that I could usefully pursue...attaining serenity of soul. Japan understood it in this second...a way, a "vehicle" as the Buddhists say, destined to lead us to...

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Journal Articles on: buddhists japan

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Christians Talk about Buddhist Meditation; Buddhists Talk about Christian Prayer

Journal article by Sarah K. Pinnock; Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 27, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Christians Talk About Buddhist Meditation; Buddhists Talk About Christian Prayer (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhists pray if there is no God listening? She asserts that Buddhists believe in the relative existence of divine beings, analogous...and trust that Christians place in God. He observes that, in Japan, ordinary visitors to temples regularly enact devotional practices...
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Trade-Buddhism: Maritime Trade, Immigration, and the Buddhist Landfall in Early Japan

Journal article by Charles Holcombe; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 119, 1999

Subjects:

Buddhism--History, History, Ancient--Japan, International trade--7th century, Japan--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...and two slaves, to Japan.(14) The gift of...skepticism that Indian Buddhists would have participated...hazard a crossing to Japan, one of them finally...the presence of Buddhists in every village...concerned to isolate the Buddhists in monasteries...disturbance. In Japan, where the unity...
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Families in Japan: Beliefs and Realities

Journal article by Fumie Kumagai; Journal of Comparative Family Studies, Vol. 26, 1995

Subjects:

Faith--Social aspects, Family--Japan, Japan--Social aspects, Social change--Japan

Collections: Entire Library

...orientation. In fact, according to statistics published by a governmental agency, the combined number of Buddhists and Shintoists in Japan exceeds 217 million (Agency for Cultural Affairs 1991). Since there are only 124 million people in Japan...
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Youth Culture in Japan

Journal article by Ken'Ichi Kawasaki; Social Justice, Vol. 21, 1994

Subjects:

Japan--Social aspects, Youth--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...side and the common people on the other. By 1870 in premodern Japan, among the common people 40% to 45% of the men and 15% of the...The farmer class went to terakoya, which were often built by Buddhists. These educational systems were not formalistic like that of...
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Research on Buddhist Nuns in Japan, Past and Present

Journal article by Monika Wacker; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 64, 2005

Subjects:

Art by Buddhist Nuns: Treasures from the Imperial Convents of Japan Area, Books--Book reviews, Engendering Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan--Book reviews, Special Exhibition: Women and Buddhism (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...centuries began in an Asian country such as Japan and was first published in Japanese only...world in the lives and practice of female Buddhists has been stimulated. These volumes are...Faith: Women and Buddhism in Premodern Japan," Edited by Barbara Ruch. Journal of Japanese...

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Magazine Articles on: buddhists japan

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The Rooftop of Japan

Magazine article by Stuart Wasserman; World and I, Vol. 13, February 1998

Subjects:

Nagano, Japan--Description and travel

Collections: Entire Library

...because Zenko-ji is open to women and Buddhists from all different sects. And it is one of the oldest temples in Japan, first opening its doors in the sixth...Buddhist lure. Followers from all around Japan and the world come to this place in hopes...
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Big in Japan

Magazine article by Paul Quayle; Geographical, Vol. 73, August 2001

Subjects:

Festivals--Analysis, Japan--Rites and ceremonies

Collections: Entire Library

...this became popular in the 12th century, especially among Zen Buddhists who enjoyed the caffeine kick during long periods of meditation...enjoying it, he spent 18 months in Australia before arriving in Japan. His latest assignment for Geographical bizarrely saw him photographing...
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St Francis Xavier Departs from Japan: November 21st, 1551

Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 51, November 2001

Subjects:

Christianity--Japan, Japan--History, Missionaries--Conduct of life, Xavier, Francis--Conduct of life

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...They esteem honour more than anything ... They will stand no insults nor slighting words. Japan was to prove a hard nut to crack, however. The Buddhists were hostile, Xavier spoke no Japanese and Anjiros crude translation of his exposition of...
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Japan's Samurai Castles - of the Thousands of Wooden Castles That Stood Guard over Medieval Japan, Three of the Dozen That Remain Helped Shape the Modern Cities That Grew Up around Them

Magazine article by Kristin Johannsen; World and I, Vol. 18, July 2003

Subjects:

Castles--Appreciation, Castles--Design and construction, Castles--Personal narratives, Japan--Description and travel, Japan--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...dark, and smoky. In feudal Japan, everything had its assigned...the shoguns lords were nominal Buddhists, they mistrusted the clergy...sure strokes. Shaping modern japan Despite their warlike appearance...century of civil war in the 1500s, Japan finally emerged into 250 years...
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Buddhism Comes to Main Street

Magazine article by Jan Nattier; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 21, Spring 1997

Subjects:

Buddhism--Evaluation, Buddhists in the United States--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Buddhists. For Evangelical Buddhists, the greatest challenge may...United States but from events in Japan. In 1991, after years of wrangling...in the lead. The Evangelical Buddhists, with their ready-made organizational structures imported from Japan, may well have the edge in...

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Newspaper Articles on: buddhists japan

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A Land of Contradictions; Less-Visited Islands of Japan Undrape Mix of Traditional, Modern Ways

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 25, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Tokyos Narita Airport by his mustache, a rare thing in Japan. "Japan is a country of contradictions," Mr. Takenaga said. "It is...Christian style because of the beautiful white gowns, and die as Buddhists. We make sure someone is right." After checking into the Meridien...
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Inner Target Aimed for in Zen Archery: Ancient Japanese Practice Relaxes the High-Strung

Newspaper article by Patrick Butters; The Washington Times, September 10, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...way." Wow, heavy. The Zen Buddhists could have told him that with...practiced by 300,000 people in Japan, a relatively small number compared...bow maker to the emperor of Japan. His family line has held that...adds. Miss Finigan lived in Japan, where she became interested...
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Briefly

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), August 6, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...of the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during World War II will be commemorated Saturday in Alton...Beyond War, Oregon PeaceWorks, Faith in Action and the UO Buddhists for Peace among others. For information, call 342-1953 or...
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Buddhist Priest Also Teaches at School

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), June 23, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...join them for a summer trip to Japan. McMullens life has never been the same. Intrigued by the Buddhists he met there, the Catholic-raised...the subject. He returned to Japan at age 15 as an exchange student...former exchange student from Japan, were married. He turned to...
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Designer Sheds New Light on Museum

Newspaper article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; The Washington Times, November 9, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...The Miho is the most advanced state-of-the-art museum in Japan, he says. The exhibit cases, whether free-standing or wall...Visitors will see it in much the way that earlier Indian Buddhists would have seen the sculpture in rock cave temples on their...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: buddhists japan

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Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...There are over 300 million Buddhists worldwide. One of the great...China, Mongolia, Korea, and Japan. A third school, the Vajrayana...religious goal for lay and monastic Buddhists, as well as the name for a...and Korea, Buddhism came to Japan. Schools of philosophy and...
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Korea

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Strait (connecting the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea) and on the...Koreans are Confucianists or Buddhists, although the people tend to...resisted, longer than China or Japan, trade with the West, which...the Hermit Kingdom. In 1876, Japan forced a commerical treaty with...
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Tea

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...begun on a commercial scale in China, and shortly thereafter, in Japan. The tea ceremony of Japan was introduced from China in the 15th cent. by Buddhists as a semireligious social custom. Tea was first imported into Europe by the Dutch East India...
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Great Britain

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7). Britain declared war on Japan on Dec. 8. The wartime alliance of Great Britain, the USSR...Nations and brought about the defeat of Germany (May, 1945) and Japan (Sept., 1945). The British economy suffered severely from the...
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Sri Lanka

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...composed mainly (about 75%) of Sinhalese, who are Theravada Buddhists; Hindu Tamils make up a large minority (some 18%), and there...converge, handles most of the foreign trade. The United States, Japan, India, and Great Britain are the largest trading partners...

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