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Leiden, Boston: Brill. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2018. Hardcover. 9004383735 . Xv, 330 pp. Index. Octavo. Dark red hardcover with image of a Chinese temple. Small bit of minor shelf wear, interior tight and clean, appears never read. In English with occasional Chinese. Conceptualizes the rise of Chinese Christianity as a new civilizational paradigm that encouraged individuals and communities to construct a sacred order for empowerment in modern China. Once Christianity enrooted itself in Chinese society as an indigenous religion, local congregations acquired much autonomy which enabled new religious institutions to take charge of community governance. Our contributors draw on newly-released archival sources, as well as on fieldwork observations investigating what Christianity meant to Chinese believers, how native actors built their churches and faith-based associations within the pre-existing social networks, and how they appropriated Christian resources in response to the…
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The Church As Safe Haven. Christian Governance in China
by Laamann, Lars Peter; Tse-Hei Lee, Joseph, editor
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Early History of Buddhism in Ceylon Or "State of Buddhism in Ceylon As Revealed by the Pali Commentaries of the 5th Century A. D."
by Adikaram, E. W.
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Migoda, Ceylon: D. S. Puswella. Fair with no dust jacket. 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. [12] 154, [50] pgs. Index. Original soft cloth covers in dark cream buckram with red. Covers are soiled, worm holes throughout spine. Interior front and first few pages have extensive worming at the center gutter, front board starting to separate at bottom gutter (outer cloth not separating) , contents a bit proud and leaning forward, but otherwise clean and unmarked. Quite scare first edition of this scholarly history of buddhism in Sri Lanka. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 216 pages .
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Gandharan Buddhism. Archaeology, Art, Texts
by Brancaccio, Pia; Behrendt, Kurt, editors
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Vancouver; Toronto: UBC Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 0774810807 . Xiv, 313 pp. Index. Notes & bibliography at the end of each essay. B/w illustrations throughout. Octavo. Dark orange hardcover with image of statue of Buddha flanked by bodhisattvas. Covers are clean, bottom front corner turned in. Interior clean and unmarked. A good copy. ; Asian Religions and Society; Vol. 4; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 313 pages .
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A Glossary of Lokaksema's Translation of the Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita
by Karashima, Seishi
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Tokyo: The International Research Institute for Advanced Buddhology. Good with no dust jacket. 2010. First Edition Thus. Softcover. 4904234030 . Xlviii, 768 pp. Indices. Large octavo. In original cream card covers with black. Slight normal shelf wear to covers, bottom spine has removed library label scar. Title and contents page have library stamps, otherwise clean and unmarked. Preface in English, glossary entries are in Chinese with English translation of the word. Indices include: Hanyu Pinyin System; four-corner System; Radical Index; Japanese Readings System Index; Revere Order Index; A list of transliterations. Heavy for international shipping. ; Bibliotheca Philologica Et Philosophica Buddhica; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 768 pages .
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The Gods of Northern Buddhism -- 2nd Revised Edition Their History, Iconography and Progressive Evolution Through the Northern Buddhist Countries : Translated from the French by J. Deniker
by Getty, Alice
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Oxford: Clarendon Press. Good. 1928. Second Edition. Hardcover. 2nd editionlii, 220 pp. Index. Color plate at frontis, LXVII plates of which I, V, XXXVI, XLII, XLV, LV, LXI and frontis are in colours. Green cloth with gilt of the Buddhist Wheel with the six syllables of the Mantra of Avalokitesvara. Illustrations from the collection of Henry H. Getty. Ex-lib with white spine numbers at bottom spine, interior has normal library marks, pocket. Bottom front board bumped at corner, some rubbing at edges, back board is slightly bowed in, blanks a little grubby and title page has some thumbing, but otherwise clean and attractive. A beautiful book. Indispensable reference for art historians, scholars of Eastern philosophy and religion. Wealth of detailed scholarly information on names, attributes, symbolism, pictorial representations of virtually every major and minor divinity in Mahayana pantheon, as worshipped in Nepal, Tibet, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Japan.; Ex-Library; 4to…
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Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art. Nara National Museum 100th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition. April 22nd-June 4th, 1995
by Nobuyoshi, Yamamoto, Director
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Nara, Japan: Nara National Museum. Good. 1995. First Edition. Paperback. 370 pp. Printed back to front. Primarily in Japanese but English list of exhibits as well as a short English essay on the history of the art. Magnificent plates. Glossy red paper covers with gilt and black are clean, bit of edge curling, interior bottom edges have a little curl as well, otherwise clean and unmarked. 2 leaf folio flyer tucked in. Lovely, scarce copy. ; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall .
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Relics of the Buddha
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Princeton; Oxford: Princeton University Press. Good with no dust jacket. 2004. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 0691117640 . Xxii, 290, [i] pp. Bibliography, index. Illustrated with 3 tables. Octavo. Dark red cloth covers with gilt to the spine. Covers are clean and unmarked. Interior clean and unmarked, last page of index has a slight wrinkle at the bottom margin, book opens flat the title page but is still sturdy. A usable copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 290 pages .
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The Sacred Oasis
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London: Faber & Faber. Good in Good dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. xix, 114pp + 4 unnumbered pages. Frontis, photographs, index. Book has yellow and blue cloth hardcover with gold text on spine. Dust jacket is grey and cream with black text on spine and covers with illustration on front cover. Dust jacket has mylar cover. Illustrated front and back pastedowns and flyleaves. Book plates on front flyleaf and edge page. Text is clear and unmarked. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 137 pages .
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Tannisho: Passages Deploring Deviations of Faith and Rennyo Shonin Ofumi: the Letters of Rennyo
by Yuienbo; Bando, Shojun, translator with Harold Stewart; Rogers, Ann T. & Minor L. , translator
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Moraga, CA: Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America, Inc.. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. 1886439036 . Xi, 180 pp. Glosary, bibliography, index. Octavo. Black dust jacket with yellow type, in Mylar, minor shelf wear. Book itself is clean and tight, no marks, a very good copy. Yuienbo wrote the Tannisho to refute deviations from the Shin faith that had arisen among followers after Shinran's death. The Letters is a collection of 80 pastroal letters for the instruction of participants in the Shin tradition. Rennyo is revered as the restorer of Shinran's teaching, one of the most powerful religious movements in medieval Japan. ; BDK English Tripitaka Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 180 pages .
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