Images in Asian Religions
Text and Contexts
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- ISBN
- 9780774859806
- Publish Date
- Oct 2010
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774809498
- Publish Date
- Jul 2005
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Hardback
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- 9780774809481
- Publish Date
- Sep 2004
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Description
This collection offers a challenge to any simple understanding of the role of images by looking at aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied, including the many hesitations that Asian religious traditions expressed about image worship. Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, and religion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways in which images were defined and received in Asian religions.
Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion
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Contributor Notes
Phyllis Granoff and Koichi Shinohara are both professors in the Department of Religious Studies at Yale University.
Editorial Reviews
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.
Studies in Religion, 34/3-4, 2005
