Jōdo Shinshū : Shin Buddhism in medieval Japan /
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| Author / Creator: | Dobbins, James C., 1949- |
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| Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1989. |
| Description: | viii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religion in Asia and Africa series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1096370 |
| Summary: | Dobbins (religion and East Asian studies, Oberlin College) describes the rise and development of Japan's largest school of Buddhism in premodern times, part of the Pure Land Buddhism that grew in parallel to Zen Buddhism. The 1989 hard cover edition was published by Indiana University Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | viii, 242 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [219]-233. |
| ISBN: | 0253331862 |