North American Buddhists in social context /
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, including...
مؤلفون آخرون:
التنسيق: كتاب الكتروني
اللغة: English
منشور في:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
سلاسل:
Religion and the Social Order
15.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2008, ISBN: 9789004223080.
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الوسوم: إضافة وسم
رقم الطلب: BL60 .R335 v.15
- Preliminary Materials
- Chapter One. North American Buddhists: A Field Of Study?
- Chapter Two. Themes And Issues In The Study Of North American Buddhists And Buddhism /
- Janet Mclellan
- Chapter Three. Temple And Society In The New World: Theravada Buddhism And Social Order In North America /
- Carl L. Bankston III and Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo
- Chapter Four. The Buddhist Mission Of North America 1898-1942: Religion And Its Social Functions In An Ethnic Community /
- Arthur Nishimura
- Chapter Five. Japanese American Religiosity: A Contemporary Perspective /
- Tetsuden Kashima
- Chapter Six. "True Buddhism Is Not Chinese": Taiwanese Immigrants Defining Buddhist Identity In The United States /
- Carolyn Chen
- Chapter Seven. A Religious Minority Within An Ethnic Minority: Korean American Buddhists /
- Karen Chai Kim
- Chapter Eight. The Emergence Of A New Buddhism: Continuity And Change /
- James William Coleman
- Chapter Nine. Soka Gakkai: Engaged Buddhism In North America /
- Constance Lynn Geekie
- Afterword: Modernization, Globalization, And Buddhism /
- Joseph B. Tamney
- Contributors.