"The Matter of the Zen School": Fukansai Habian's "Myōtei mondō" and His Christian Polemic on Buddhism

Japan's Christian Century (1549-1650) was not only marked by ascending and waning political fortunes, but also by polemical ones. Both the polemical apogee and nadir came from the hand of one man, Fukansai Habian, a former Zen monk who, as an enthusiastic Christian convert, authored Myōtei mond...

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Main Author: Baskind, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Nanzan Institute [2012]
In: Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 2012, Volume: 39, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-331
Further subjects:B Nothingness
B Society of Jesus
B Zen Buddhism
B Afterlife
B Monks
B Refutation
B Religious Studies
B Polemics
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