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Draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bomori, or temple guardians) at its centre. Throughout, Jessica Starling focuses on domestic religion, a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression.

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    A Hardback by Jessica Starling, Mark Michael Rowe

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 30/12/2018
      ISBN13: 9780824866921, 978-0824866921
      ISBN10: 0824866924

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      Book Synopsis
      Draws on nearly three years of ethnographic research to provide a comprehensive view of Jodo Shinshu (True Pure Land) temple life with temple wives (known as bomori, or temple guardians) at its centre. Throughout, Jessica Starling focuses on domestic religion, a mode of doing religion centering on more informal religious expression.

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