Shinshū and Folk Religion: Toward a Post-Modern 'Shinshū Theology'
In the 1984 issue of the Bulletin of the Dendd-in (Pastoral Institute) ofthe Nishi Hongan-ji branch ofShinshU, thepresent authorpublished a report ofthe results of a collective research program on the practices of the ShinshU believers in Japan. He also suggested there some conclusions one ought to...
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| Language: | English |
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1988
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Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
Year: 1988, Volume: 12, Pages: 13-35 |
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| Summary: | In the 1984 issue of the Bulletin of the Dendd-in (Pastoral Institute) ofthe Nishi Hongan-ji branch ofShinshU, thepresent authorpublished a report ofthe results of a collective research program on the practices of the ShinshU believers in Japan. He also suggested there some conclusions one ought to draw as to doctrine and pastoral policies. This report provoked strong reactions among the scholars of the sect. Three years later he came back to the topic in an article published in the ChQgai Nipp6, a religious newspaper. The article is based on a special lecture delivered at the Center for Religious Education of the Soto branch of Zen Buddhism，October 1986 Thefollowing is a some what abridged translation of that text. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nanzan Shūkyō Bunka Kenkyūjo, Bulletin of the Nanzan Institute for Religion & Culture
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