Preface Introduction 1. Translating Fundamental Categories: The Human Body and Asceticism 2. Modes of Ascetic Practice 3. The Ascetic Practitioner: Identity and Motivation 4. Ascetic Practices in Context 5. Corporis Ascensus Conclusion
Biography
Tullio Federico Lobetti is Senior Teaching Fellow in the Study of Religions Department at SOAS, University of London, UK.
Foreword writer, Hirochika Nakamaki, is Director of the Suita City Museum and Professor Emeritus of the National Museum of Ethnology, Japan.
"Ascetic Practices in Japanese Religion makes a fine introductory read for students of Japanese religions and Shugendo and offers creative theoretical insights." - Shayne A. P. Dahl, University of Toronto
"Lobetti's work is to be commended for both the value of his research data, which in many cases have been collected through "extreme" fieldwork (the author himself performed several of the harsh practices analyzed in the book), and his thoughful use of typologies for the clarification of this somewhat elusive religious phenomenon." - Ugo Dessì, Universität Leipzig
