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Books by Mark Michael Rowe
  | | Monastic Education in Korea(6th Edition) Teaching Monks about Buddhism in the Modern Age (Contemporary Buddhism) by Uri Kaplan, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 280 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8238-9, ISBN: 0-8248-8238-5 "What do Buddhist monks learn about Buddhism? Which part of their enormous canonical and non-canonical literature do they choose to focus on as the required curriculum in their training, and what do they elect to leave out? The cultural depository of Buddhism includes some four thousand canonical texts, hundreds of other historical works, modern textbooks, oral traditions, and more recently, an increasingly growing body of online materia ..." |
 | | Educating Monks(Reprint) Minority Buddhism on China's Southwest Border (Contemporary Buddhism) by Thomas A. Borchert, Mark Michael Rowe Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6649-5, ISBN: 0-8248-6649-5 "Most studies of Buddhist communities tend to be limited to villages, individual temple communities, or a single national community. Buddhist monastics, however, cross a number of these different framings: They are part of local communities, are governed through national legal frameworks, and participate in both national and transnational Buddhist networks. Educating Monks makes visible the ways Buddhist communities are shaped by all of ..." |
 | | Bonds of the Dead(Updated) Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism (Buddhism and Modernity) by Mark Michael Rowe Paperback, 274 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73015-8, ISBN: 0-226-73015-8 "Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism's social and economic base has long been in mortuary services - a base now threatened by public debate over the status, treatment, and location of the dead. "Bonds of the Dead" explores the crisis brought on by this debate and investigates what changing burial for ..." |
 | | Buddhist Tourism in Asia (Contemporary Buddhism) by Courtney Bruntz, Brooke Schedneck, Mark Michael Rowe, David Geary, John Marston, John N. Miksic, Matthew Steven Mitchell, Ian Reader, Justin R. Ritzinger, Matthew J. Trew, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, Dr. Brian J. Nichols Hardcover, 266 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8118-4, ISBN: 0-8248-8118-4 "This innovative collaborative work―the first to focus on Buddhist tourism―explores how Buddhists, government organizations, business corporations, and individuals in Asia participate in re-imaginings of Buddhism through tourism. Contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history examine sacred places and religious monuments as they have been shaped and reshaped by socio-economic and cultural trends in the region. Followi ..." |
 | | Guardians of the Buddha’s Home Domestic Religion in Contemporary Jōdo Shinshū (Contemporary Buddhism) by Jessica Starling, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6692-1, ISBN: 0-8248-6692-4 "In Guardians of the Buddha’s Home, Jessica Starling draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bōmori, or temple guardians) at its center. Throughout, she focuses on “domestic religion,” a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression that has received scant attention in the scholarly literature.The ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure(Reprint) Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia's Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks (Contemporary Buddhism) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel, Mark Michael Rowe Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7675-3, ISBN: 0-8248-7675-X "Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region--in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's cult ..." |
 | | Buddhism and Business Merit, Material Wealth, and Morality in the Global Market Economy (Contemporary Buddhism) by Trine Brox, Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, Mark Michael Rowe, Jørn Borup, Jane E. Caple, Marianne Viftrup Hedegaard, Michael Jerryson, Levi Mclaughlin, Lionel Obadia, Inken Prohl, Dan Smyer Yü Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2020 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8273-0, ISBN: 0-8248-8273-3 "Although Buddhism is known for emphasizing the importance of detachment from materiality and money, in the last few decades Buddhists have become increasingly ensconced in the global market economy. The contributors to this volume address how Buddhists have become active participants in market dynamics in a global age, and how Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike engage Buddhism economically. Whether adopting market logics to promote the B ..." |
 | | Morality and Monastic Revival in Post-Mao Tibet (Contemporary Buddhism) by Jane E. Caple, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6984-7, ISBN: 0-8248-6984-2 "The speed and extent of the Tibetan Buddhist monastic revival make it one of the most extraordinary stories of religious resurgence in post-Mao China. At the end of the 1970s, there were no working monasteries; within a decade, thousands had been reconstructed and repopulated. Most studies have focused on the political challenges facing Tibetan monasteries, emphasizing their relationship to the Chinese state. Yet, in their efforts to re ..." |
 | | From Indra’s Net to Internet Communication, Technology, and the Evolution of Buddhist Ideas (Contemporary Buddhism) by Daniel Veidlinger, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-7340-0, ISBN: 0-8248-7340-8 "In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution to show how Buddhism arose in the largely urban milieu of Axial Age northeastern India and spread rapidly along the transportation and tradin ..." |
 | | Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia by Jeffrey Samuels, Mark Michael Rowe, Justin Thomas Mcdaniel 240 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-5858-2, ISBN: 0-8248-5858-1 "Jeffrey Samuels, Justin Thomas McDaniel, Mark Michael Rowe. for laypeople, nuns, and monks to reach distant audiences through Internet sermons, blogs, and television specials. There are also regular exchanges of professors and students ..." |
 | | Buddhism and Modernity Ser. Bonds of the Dead : Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism by Mark Michael Rowe 256 Pages, Published 2011 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-73016-5, ISBN: 0-226-73016-6 "... Shingon concerns not only the negative public image of priests making money from the bad fortune of others but also the internal issue of priestly confidence and the best way to propagate sect teachings. It is worth noting that the aim of the Shingon grave pamphlet is far more practical than the Sosai or even the Shikitari volume in that it goes so far as to provide model dharma talks, summaries of related laws, and sample cont ..." |
 | | Educating Monks Minority Buddhism on China’s Southwest Border (Contemporary Buddhism) by Thomas A. Borchert, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 2017 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6648-8, ISBN: 0-8248-6648-7 "Most studies of Buddhist communities tend to be limited to villages, individual temple communities, or a single national community. Buddhist monastics, however, cross a number of these different framings: They are part of local communities, are governed through national legal frameworks, and participate in both national and transnational Buddhist networks. Educating Monks makes visible the ways Buddhist communities are shaped by all of ..." |
 | | Architects of Buddhist Leisure Socially Disengaged Buddhism in Asia’s Museums, Monuments, and Amusement Parks (Contemporary Buddhism) by Justin Thomas Mcdaniel, Mark Michael Rowe Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2016 by University Of Hawaii Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6598-6, ISBN: 0-8248-6598-7 "Buddhism, often described as an austere religion that condemns desire, promotes denial, and idealizes the contemplative life, actually has a thriving leisure culture in Asia. Creative religious improvisations designed by Buddhists have been produced both within and outside of monasteries across the region--in Nepal, Japan, Korea, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Justin McDaniel looks at the growth of Asia's cult ..." |
 | | Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China (Contemporary Buddhism) [Soft Cover ] by Brian J. Nichols Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2023 by Univ Of Hawaii Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-9349-1, ISBN: 0-8248-9349-2 |
 | | Morality and Monastic Revival in Post-Mao Tibet by Jane E. Caple Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2020 by Univ Of Hawaii Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-6985-4, ISBN: 0-8248-6985-0 |
 | | Buddhism and Modernity Ser. Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial, and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism by Mark Michael Rowe Published 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1-283-26513-3, ISBN: 1-283-26513-3 |
 | | Death by association Temples, burial, and the transformation of contemporary Japanese Buddhism by Mark Michael Rowe, Princeton University 296 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-13: 978-0-542-89460-2, ISBN: 0-542-89460-2 "Chapter One provides historical background to the project by tracing the longstanding connection between Buddhism and the care of the dead in Japan." |
 | | Monastic Education in Korea Teaching Monks about Buddhism in the Modern Age by Kaplan, Uri/ Rowe, Mark Michael Softcover, Published 2021 by Univ Of Hawaii Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8983-8, ISBN: 0-8248-8983-5 |
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