A comprehensive and balanced look at the role of images in Asian religions, which examines aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied.
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.
Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative
Religion
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.
- Alexander Soucy, St. Mary’s University