Buddhist materiality : a cultural history of objects in Japanese Buddhism
Title:
Buddhist materiality : a cultural history of objects in Japanese Buddhism
Asian religions & cultures.
Author:
Rambelli, Fabio.
ISBN:
9780804756822
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007.
Physical Description:
xiv, 394 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series:
Asian religions & cultures.
Contents:
The Buddhist philosophy of objects and the status of inanimate entities -- The Buddhist system of objects -- Materiality and performativity of sacred texts -- The cultural imagination of trees and the environment -- Tools and labor as mediators between the sacred and the profane -- Objects, rituals, tradition: memorial services (kuyō) for inanimate objects -- Buddhist sacred commodities and the general economy.
Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-372) and index.
Field 805:
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