In Guardians of the Buddha’s Home, Jessica Starling draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a co
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Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. A Family of Clerics
2. Staying at Home as Buddhist Propagation
3. Home Economics
4. Social Networks and Social Obligations in the Disciplining of Bōmori
5. Wives in Front of the Altar
6. Equality and Freedom in the Ōtani-ha
Conclusion
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index
About the Author