The Social Response of Buddhists to the Modernization of Japan: The Contrasting Lives of Two Sōtō Zen Monks

What was the response of Sōtō Buddhist priests to the social situation facing Japan at the beginning of the twentieth century? What influence did their religious background have on their responses to the modernization of Japan? This article examines the lives and thought of two Japanese Sōtō Buddhis...

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Main Author: Ishikawa, Rikizan 1943-1997 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [1998]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1998, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 87-115
Further subjects:B Emperors
B Abbots
B Zen Buddhism
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Socialism
B Anarchism
B Prefectures
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