The Religious Traditions of Japan 500-1600

by Richard Bowring

Book Overview

Richard Bowring traces the development of Japanese religious thought and practice from the introduction of writing to the point at which medieval attitudes gave way to a distinctive pre-modern culture, a change that brought an end to the dominance of religious institutions. A wide range of approaches using the resources of art, history, social and intellectual history, as well as doctrine is brought to bear on the subject in order to give as full...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052185119X
• ISBN13: 9780521851190
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"