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The Medieval Period Of Japanese Religious History Is Commonly Known As One In Which There Was A Radical Transformation Of The Religious Culture. This Book Suggests An Alternate Approach To Understanding The Dynamics Of The Transformation. One Main Focus Of Analysis Is What Buddhism - Its Practices And Doctrines, Its Traditions And Institutions - Meant For Medieval Japanese Peoples Themselves. This Is Achieved By Using The Notions Of Discourse And Ideology And Juxtaposing Various Topics On Shared Linguistic Practices And Discursive Worlds Of Medieval Japanese Buddhism.--book Jacket. Metaphor And Theory Of Cultural Change: In Search Of Skillful Means For Understanding Kamakura Buddhism / Dale S. Wright -- The Sangoku-mappō Construct: Buddhism, Nationalism, And History In Medieval Japan / Mark L. Blum -- Texts, Talismans, And Jewels: The Reikiki And The Performativity Of Sacred Texts In Medieval Japan / Fabio Rambelli -- Awakening And Language: Indic Theories Of Language In The Background Of Japanese Esoteric Buddhism / Richard K. Payne -- Buddhist Ceremonials (kōshiki) And The Ideological Discourse Of Established Buddhism In Early Medieval Japan / James L. Ford -- The Body Of Time And The Discourse Of Precepts / Mark T. Unno -- Swords, Words, And Deformity: On Myōe's Eccentricity / Rȳuichi Abe -- Not Mere Written Words: Perspectives On The Language Of The Lotus Sūtra In Medieval Japan / Jacqueline I. Stone -- The Lotus Sūtra As A Source Of Dōgen's Discourse Style / Taigen Dan Leighton -- Empty-handed, But Not Empty-headed: Dōgen's Kōan Strategies / Steven Heine -- Rely On The Meaning, Not The Words: Shinran's Methodology And Strategy For Reading Scriptures And Writing The Kyōgyōshinshō. Edited By Richard K. Payne And Taigen Dan Leighton. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.