1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451073803321

Autore

Arai Paula Kane Robinson

Titolo

Women living Zen [[electronic resource] ] : Japanese Sōtō Buddhist nuns / / Paula Kane Robinson Arai

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1999

ISBN

1-280-47157-3

0-19-534415-4

1-4237-6013-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 p.)

Disciplina

294.3/657

Soggetti

Buddhist nuns - Japan

Monastic and religious life of women - Japan

Monastic and religious life (Zen Buddhism) - Japan

Religious life

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgments; Contents; Transliteration Guide; Prologue; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Historical Background; THREE: Twentieth-Century Leadership; FOUR: The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns; FIVE: Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions; SIX: Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition; Endnotes; Appendix A. Questionnaire; Appendix B. Glossary of Japanese Terms; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Using both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the 6th century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and continue to contribute to the advancement of the sect up to the present day.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777784103321

Autore

Hart Peter <1963-2010.>

Titolo

The I.R.A. at war, 1916-1923 [[electronic resource] /] / Peter Hart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-03924-0

1-281-34617-9

9786611346171

0-19-153094-8

1-4294-6011-3

Descrizione fisica

xv, 274 p. : maps

Disciplina

941.5082/1

Soggetti

Irish question

Ireland History Autonomy and independence movements

Ireland History 1910-1921

Ireland History Civil War, 1922-1923

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

Sommario/riassunto

What kind of people joined the I.R.A.' What was the Irish Revolution? Did Michael Collins order the assassination of Sir Henry Wilson? Were Protestants ethnically cleansed from southern Ireland? Using new research and questioning old assumptions, these sparkling essays by Peter Hart address these and other controversies to suggest new ways of looking at the history of the Irish Revolution of 1916-23.