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Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America : a short history
- Author / Creator
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- Online
- Summary
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Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this book explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion - and consequently culture - i...
Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this book explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion - and consequently culture - is 'remade in the USA.'.
Details
- Creator
- Gurinder Singh Mann, Paul David Numrich and Raymond B. Williams
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (164 p.)
- ISBNs
- 0197738451, 1281159182, 9786611159184, 0198044240, 143561769X, 019533311X
- OCLC
- ocn476240348, on1406781548
- Originally published: 2001.
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- English
- Buddhism comes to America -- Buddhists adapt and explore -- Buddhism's growth and popularity -- Hindus come to America -- Hindus at home -- Hindu temples -- The Sikh identity -- Sikhs come to America -- American Sikhism evolves
Subjects
- Asian Americans -- Religion.
- Immigrants -- Religious life -- United States.
- Buddhism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Hinduism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Sikhism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Buddhists -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Hindus -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Sikhs -- United States -- History -- 20th century.