North American Buddhists in social context

Numrich, Paul David, 1952- (editor.).

Summary: 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 group identity and status, religious practices, organizational structures, generational dynamics, relations with non-Buddhist groups and the larger society, and migratory and adaptive processes. Case studies feature Southeast Asian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, meditation-oriented, and socially en.

Record details

ISBN: 9004168265
ISBN: 9789004168268
ISBN: 9781283061094
ISBN: 1283061090
ISBN: 9047443535
ISBN: 9789047443537
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages)
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Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.