Confucian Values and Popular Zen: Sekimon Shingaku in Eighteenth Century Japan

by Janine Anderson Sawada

Book Overview

Although East Asian religion is commonly characterized as "syncretic," the historical interaction of Buddhist, Confucian, and other traditions is often neglected by scholars of mainstream religious thought. In this thought-provoking study, Janine Sawada moves beyond conventional approaches to the history of Japanese religion by analyzing the ways in which Neo-Confucianism and Zen formed a popular synthesis in early modern Japan. She shows how Shingaku,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824814142
• ISBN13: 9780824814144
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"