Bringing Zen Home - 9780824835354

Bringing Zen HomeThe Healing Heart of Japanese Women's Rituals\nAuthor(s): Paula Arai\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824835354, 978-0824835354\nSynopsis\nIn Bringing Zen Home, the first study of the ritual lives of Zen laywomen, Paula Arai applies a cutting-edge ethnographic method to reveal a thriving domain of religious practice. Her work represents an important contribution on a number of fronts - to Zen studies, ritual studies, scholarship on women and religion, and the cross-cultural study of healing.