Andrew Bernstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5178797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Bernstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Bernstein |
| SIGNATURE | BERNSTEIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lewis & Clark College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Storied Sage: Canon and Creation in the Making of a Japanese Buddha
Śākyamuni (Jpn. Shaka) is the “Japanese Buddha” at the heart of Micah Auerback’s impressively researched and illuminating book. It is widely accepted that Śākyamuni, or Siddhārtha Gautama, preached the fundamentals of Buddhism in northern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. Auerback’s purpose, however, is to show how this Indian sage was represented centuries later in Japan, where he was first portrayed as “just one enactme…
Nature's embrace: Japan's aging urbanites and new death rites
Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism (review)
Reviewed by: Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism Andrew Bernstein (bio) Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism. Edited by Jacqueline I. Stone and Mariko Namba Walter. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 2008. x, 382 pages. $52.00. The nine essays in this volume examine how different incarnations of Japanese Buddhism built continuity in their dealings with death over the last one thousand years. For all the talk about impermanenc…
Whose Fuji: Religion, Region, and State in the Fight for a National Symbol
Whose Fuji?Religion, Region, and State in the Fight for a National Symbol Andrew Bernstein (bio) Who owns Fuji? Among the many unusual questions raised by SCAP's separation of church and state none were stranger than this one. William P. Woodard (head of religious research unit for SCAP) On 5 February 1953, commuters passing through the plaza at Tokyo's Shinbashi Station encountered an unusual sight: a portable shrine (mikoshi) shaped like Mt. Fu…
Fire and Earth: The Forging of Modern Cremation in Meiji Japan
In the summer of 1873,the Meiji government’s Council of State declared a nationwide ban on cremation, a Buddhist practice that had long been con sidered barbaric and grossly unfilial by Confucian and nativist scholars. In response to the prohibition, an alliance of Buddhist priests, educated cit izens, and even government officials proceeded to argue that, far from being an “evil custom ” of the past, cremation was a “civilized ” practice suite…
Swedenborg: Buddha of the North
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Swedenborg: Buddha of the North
Fire and Earth: The Forging of Modern Cremation in Meiji Japan
In the summer of 1873,the Meiji government’s Council of State declared a nationwide ban on cremation, a Buddhist practice that had long been con sidered barbaric and grossly unfilial by Confucian and nativist scholars. In response to the prohibition, an alliance of Buddhist priests, educated cit izens, and even government officials proceeded to argue that, far from being an “evil custom ” of the past, cremation was a “civilized ” practice suite…
Whose Fuji: Religion, Region, and State in the Fight for a National Symbol
Whose Fuji?Religion, Region, and State in the Fight for a National Symbol Andrew Bernstein (bio) Who owns Fuji? Among the many unusual questions raised by SCAP's separation of church and state none were stranger than this one. William P. Woodard (head of religious research unit for SCAP) On 5 February 1953, commuters passing through the plaza at Tokyo's Shinbashi Station encountered an unusual sight: a portable shrine (mikoshi) shaped like Mt. Fu…
Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism (review)
Reviewed by: Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism Andrew Bernstein (bio) Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism. Edited by Jacqueline I. Stone and Mariko Namba Walter. University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu, 2008. x, 382 pages. $52.00. The nine essays in this volume examine how different incarnations of Japanese Buddhism built continuity in their dealings with death over the last one thousand years. For all the talk about impermanenc…
Nature's embrace: Japan's aging urbanites and new death rites
A Storied Sage: Canon and Creation in the Making of a Japanese Buddha
Śākyamuni (Jpn. Shaka) is the “Japanese Buddha” at the heart of Micah Auerback’s impressively researched and illuminating book. It is widely accepted that Śākyamuni, or Siddhārtha Gautama, preached the fundamentals of Buddhism in northern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE. Auerback’s purpose, however, is to show how this Indian sage was represented centuries later in Japan, where he was first portrayed as “just one enactme…
History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Buddhism (3 works) · Japanese History and Culture (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (2 works) · Gautama Buddha (2 works) · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies (2 works)