Rage and Ravage – Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 3 Faure Hardback 9780824886240

Rage and RavageGods of Medieval Japan, Volume 3\nAuthor(s): Bernard Faure\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Hawai'i Press, United States\nImprint: University of Hawai'i Press\nISBN-13: 9780824886240, 978-0824886240\nSynopsis\nWritten by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Rage and Ravage is the third installment of a milestone project in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhismspecifically the nature and roles of deities in the religious world of medieval Japan and beyond. Bernard Faure introduces readers to medieval Japanese religiosity and shows the centrality of the gods in religious discourse and ritual; in doing so he moves away from the usual textual, historical, and sociological approaches that constitute the \""\""method\""\"" of current religious studies. Throughout, he engages theoretical insights draws from structuralism, post-structuralism, and Actor-Network Theory to retrieve the \""\""implicit pantheon\""\"" (as opposed to the .