This collection offers a challenge to any simple understanding ofthe role of images by looking at aspects of the reception of imageworship that have only begun to be studied, including the manyhesitations that Asian religious traditions expressed about imageworship. Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, andreligion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, andSoutheast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways inwhich images were defined and received in Asian religions.
Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and ComparativeReligion
- ISBN10 0774859806
- ISBN13 9780774859806
- Publish Date 1 October 2010 (first published 15 June 2004)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country CA
- Imprint University of British Columbia Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 396
- Language English