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Religion Eastern

Images in Asian Religions

Text and Contexts

edited by Phyllis Granoff & Koichi Shinohara

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2004
Category
Eastern, Cultural, General, Asian
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774859806
    Publish Date
    Oct 2010
    List Price
    $99.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774809498
    Publish Date
    Jul 2005
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774809481
    Publish Date
    Sep 2004
    List Price
    $95.00

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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.

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About the authors

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