Buddhist Materiality: A Cultural History of Objects in Japanese Buddhism

Author/Contributor(s):	Rambelli, Fabio
Publisher:	Stanford University Press
Date:	11/15/2007
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

This innovative book shows that throughout its history, contrary to received assumptions, Buddhism developed a sophisticated philosophy of materiality-one that allowed human beings to give shape and expression to their deepest religious and spiritual ideas.