About the Author

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Editor’s Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Reign Periods xiii
6. Introduction Snapshots of Buddhism in Today’s Japan 1
7. 1. Temple Buddhism Today Scholarly and Popular Images of Corruption 11
8. 2. Laity and the Temple Past and Present 23
9. 3. Trying to Have It Both Ways The Laity in a World-Renouncer Organization 43
10. 4. The Contemporary Priesthood Images of Identity Crisis 62
11. 5. New Priests for New Times? 90
12. 6. Coming to Terms Temple Wives and World-Renouncers 109
13. 7. Money and the Temple Law, Taxes, and the Image of Buddhism 140
14. 8. The Price of Naming the Dead Funerals, Posthumous Precept Names, and Changing Views of the Afterlife 165
15. Epilogue The World of Householding World-Renouncers 191
16. Notes 199
17. Sources Cited 239
18. Index 251
19. About the Author 257