In Brad Warner's second book on Buddhism (Sit Down and Shut Up) he mentions the tactic of the Japanese political authorities allowing (requiring) Buddhist monks to marry in order to take their aura of holiness away... to make them less powerful... less holy... more human... (146-147).
I wonder if the same has happened with Anglican priests (intentional or not).
Friday, September 12, 2008
Less holy...?
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