Images in Asian Religions
Text and Contexts
Koichi Shinohara editor Phyllis Granoff editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of British Columbia Press
Published:1st Jul '05
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A comprehensive and balanced look at the role of images in Asian religions, which examines aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied.
This collection offers a challenge to any simple understanding ofthe role of images by looking at aspects of the reception of imageworship that have only begun to be studied, including the manyhesitations that Asian religious traditions expressed about imageworship. Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, andreligion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, andSoutheast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways inwhich images were defined and received in Asian religions.
Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and ComparativeReligion
The essays are uniformly informative and well written. All of the essays in this collection are well-written and insightful. They certainly fulfill their mandate of dealing with images in Asian religions. -- Alexander Soucy, St. Mary’s University * Studies in Religion, 34/3-4, 2005 *
ISBN: 9780774809498
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 540g
396 pages