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Rennyo
THE SECOND FOUNDER OF SHIN BUDDHISM
Fremont, CA: Asian Humanities Press, 1991.
$75 cloth / $30 paper |
Selected as one
of Choice magazine's "Outstanding Academic Books,1994,"
and the first book-length study of Rennyo (1415-1499), the Jodo Shinshu
priest who transformed the Honganji religious order into the most powerful
Buddhist organization in Japan. This work examines Rennyo's thought and
his continuing influence today. It includes an annotated translation of
Rennyo's major letters, the source of much of his influence.
This richly detailed study of Rennyo's life and work
will serve as a valuable reference as well as inform both the specialist
and the general reader about this important figure in Japanese Buddhism.
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is informed by a sensitive historiography attentive not only to
social institutions but also to the religious dimensions of awareness
at work in the processes of history;... It is at once a lucid
introduction of Rennyo to Western readers and a pioneering formulation
that challenges traditional Shin Buddhist scholarship." |
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— Dennis Hriota
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Minor ROGERS received his Ph.D.
in Comparative Religion (specializing in Japanese Buddhism)
from Harvard University, and taught in the Department of Religion
at Washington and Lee University until his death in 1992.
Ann ROGERS has an M.A. in Asian
Studies from the University of Virginia and teaches Japanese
at Washington and Lee University.
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