Mourning the unborn dead : a Buddhist ritual comes to America

Mourning the unborn dead : a Buddhist ritual comes to America / Jeff Wilson.

Wilson discusses how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. He analyses the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americ...

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Main Author: Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Fetal propitiatory rites > Buddhism.
Fetal propitiatory rites > United States.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Social aspects > United States.
RELIGION > Buddhism > Rituals & Practice.
Abortion > Religious aspects > Buddhism
Buddhism > Social aspects
Fetal propitiatory rites
Fetal propitiatory rites > Buddhism
United States
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Summary:Wilson discusses how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. He analyses the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americanisation of Buddhism.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 260 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
ISBN:9780199707362
0199707367
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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