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The faces of Buddhism in America
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- Online
Details
- Creator
- Charles S. Prebish, Kenneth K. Tanaka
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Barber, A. W. (Anthony W.), contribtor
- Bloom, Alfred, contribtor
- Lavine, Amy, contribtor
- Prebish, Charles S., contribtor
- Nguyen, Cuong Tu, 1947-, contribtor
- Rothberg, Donald, 1950-, contribtor
- Hori, Victor Sōgen, contribtor
- Fronsd, Gil, contribtor
- Nattier, Jan, contribtor
- Hurst, Jane, contribtor
- Tanaka, Kenneth Ken’ichi, contribtor
- Verhoeven, Martin, contribtor
- Mu, Soeng, contribtor
- Numrich, Paul David, 1952-, contribtor
- Prebish, Charles S., editor
- Fields, Rick, contribtor
- Gross, Rita M., contribtor
- Corless, Roger, contribtor
- Imamura, Ryo, contribtor
- Chandler, Stuart, 1961-, contribtor
- Tanaka, Kenneth Ken'ichi, editor
- Publication
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- Reprint 2020
- Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]
- ©1998
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780520920651, 0520920651, 9780585342795, 0585342792, 0520213017
- OCLC
- on1224277904
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- Contents -- In Memoriam: Reverend Dr. Yehan Numata (1897-1994) -- Introduction -- Part One: American Buddhist Traditions in Transition -- 1. Chinese Buddhism in America: Identity and Practice -- 2. Shin Buddhism in America: A Social Perspective -- 3. Japanese Zen in America: Americanizing the Face in the Mirror -- 4. Nichiren Shöshü and Soka Gakkai in America: The Pioneer Spirit -- 5. Tibetan Buddhism in America: The Development of American Vajrayäna -- 6. Korean Buddhism in America: A New Style of Zen -- 7. Vietnamese Buddhism in North America: Tradition and Acculturation -- 8. Theravada Buddhism in America: Prospects for the Sangha -- 9. Insight Meditation in the United States: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness -- Part Two: Issues in American Buddhism -- 10. Who Is a Buddhist? Charting the Landscape of Buddhist America -- 11. Divided Dharma: White Buddhists, Ethnic Buddhists, and Racism -- 12. Americanizing the Buddha: Paul Carus and the Transformation of Asian Thought -- 13. Buddhist and Western Psycho therapies: An Asian American Perspective -- 14. Helping the Iron Bird Fly: Western Buddhist Women and Issues of Authority in the Late 1990s -- 15. Coming Out in the Sangha: Queer Community in American Buddhism -- 16. Responding to the Cries of the World: Socially Engaged Buddhism in North America -- Epilogue.- The Colors and Contours of American Buddhism -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Illustrations -- Contributors -- Index