"Budda no Fukuin": The Deployment of Paul Carus's "Gospel of Buddha" in Meiji Japan
Why did the Rinzai Zen abbot Shaku Sōen publish a Japanese translation of the life of the Buddha that had been written by an American philosopher to promote Christian monism? In seeking to answer this question, this paper examines first Paul Carus's mission to overcome the perceived conflict be...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[1998]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1998, Volume: 25, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 319-344 |
| Further subjects: | B
Zen Buddhism
B Religious Studies B Buddhist Philosophy B Trial in public court B Parliaments B Christianity B Truth |
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