Protectors and Predators : : Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 2 / / Bernard Faure.
Written by one of the leading scholars of Japanese religion, Protectors and Predators is the second installment of a multivolume project that promises to be a milestone in our understanding of the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism-specifically the nature and roles of deities in the religiou...
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