North American Buddhists in social context

North American Buddhists in social context / edited by Paul David Numrich.

This volume marks an important milestone in the growing literature on North American Buddhists - the first multi-author collection of social scientific scholarship on the topic. Chapters examine the current state of research and key aspects of Buddhist life and experience in social context, includin...

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Other Authors: Numrich, Paul David, 1952- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Series:Religion and the social order ; 15.
Subjects:
Buddhism > Social aspects > North America.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
Buddhism > Social aspects
Buddhismus
Buddhism > sociala aspekter > Nordamerika.
North America
Nordamerika
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • North American Buddhists : a field of study? / Paul David Numrich
  • Themes and issues in the study of North American Buddhists and Buddhism / Janet McLellan
  • Temple and society in the new world : Theravada Buddhism and social order in North America / Carl L. Bankston III and Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo
  • The Buddhist mission of North America, 1898-1942 : religion and its social functions in an ethnic community / Arthur Nishimura
  • Japanese American religiosity : a contemporary perspective / Tetsuden Kashima
  • "True Buddhism is not Chinese": Taiwanese immigrants defining Buddhist identity in the United States / Carolyn Chen
  • A religious minority within an ethnic minority : Korean American Buddhists / Karen Chai Kim
  • The emergence of a new Buddhism : continuity and change / James William Coleman
  • Soka Gakkai : engaged Buddhism in North America / Constance Lynn Geekie.

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