Description: Further DetailsTitle: Guardians of the Buddha's HomeCondition: NewEAN: 9780824866921ISBN: 9780824866921Publisher: University of Hawai'i PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 12/30/2018Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Jessica StarlingContributor: Mark Michael Rowe (Series edited by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: Domestic Religion in Contemporary Jōdo ShinshūDescription: In Guardians of the Buddha's Home, Jessica Starling draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bomori, or temple guardians) at its center. Throughout, she focuses on ""domestic religion,"" a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression that has received scant attention in the scholarly literature.The Buddhist temple wife's movement back and forth between the main hall and the ""back stage"" of the kitchen and family residence highlights the way religious meaning cannot be confined to canonical texts or to the area of the temple prescribed for formal worship. Starling argues that attaining Buddhist faith (shinjin) is just as likely to occur in response to a simple act of hospitality, a sense of community experienced at an informal temple gathering, or an aesthetic affinity with the temple space that has been carefully maintained by the bomori as it is from hearing the words of a Pure Land sutra intoned by a professional priest. For temple wives, the spiritual practice of button hosha (repayment of the debt owed to the Buddha for one's salvation) finds expression through the conscientious stewardship of temple donations, caring for the Buddha's home and opening it to lay followers, raising the temple's children, and propagating the teachings in the domestic sphere. Engaging with what religious scholars have called the ""turn to affect,"" Starling's work investigates in personal detail how religious dispositions are formed in individual practitioners. The answer, not surprisingly, has as much to do with intimate relationships and quotidian practices as with formal liturgies or scripted sermons.Country/Region of Manufacture: USBook Series: Contemporary BuddhismGenre: Society & CultureTopic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Philosophy & Spirituality, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Guardians of the Buddha's Home
Title: Guardians of the Buddha's Home
EAN: 9780824866921
ISBN: 9780824866921
Release Date: 12/30/2018
Release Year: 2018
Contributor: Mark Michael Rowe (Series edited by)
Subtitle: Domestic Religion in Contemporary Jōdo Shinshū
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Society & Culture
Topic: Social Sciences
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Guardians of the Buddha's Home : Domestic Religion in Contemporary JōDo Shinshū
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Gender Studies, General, Women's Studies, Sexuality & Gender Studies
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Jessica Starling
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Item Length: 9.2 in
Series: Contemporary Buddhism Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Hardcover
