Cultivating Spirituality: A Modern Shin Buddhist Anthology

by Mark L. Blum and Robert F. Rhodes

Book Overview

Cultivating Spirituality is a seminal anthology of Shin Buddhist thought, one that reflects this tradition's encounter with modernity. Shin (or Jodō Shinshū) is a popular form of Pure Land Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan, but is only now becoming well known in the West. The lives of the four thinkers included in the book spanned the years 1863-1982, from the Meiji opening to the West to Japan's establishment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438439814
• ISBN13: 9781438439815
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"