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Asian religions in America : a documentary history
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- Creator
- edited by Thomas A. Tweed, Stephen Prothero
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York : Oxford University Press, 1999
- Physical Details
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- xvi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780195113389, 0195113381, 9780195113396, 019511339X
- OCLC
- ocm38883781
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-406) and index.
- Views from abroad -- views from home -- East to America: immigrant landings -- Romancing the Orient: litery encounters -- Journeys in the study -- Postcards for the pews: missionaries and their critics -- The world's parliament of religions -- Turning east: sympathizers and converts -- Closed ports and open camps -- Hindu crossings: gurus and disciples --Buddhist crossings: masters and students -- Artists, preachers, and missionaries -- Countercultural appropriations -- Asian Indian gurus, converts, and movements -- Buddhist teachers, converts, and movements -- Asian Indian immigrants: Hind, Jain, and Sikh -- Buddhist immigrants -- Asian religions in popular and elite culture -- Interreligious dialogue -- Mapping legal boundaries: religion and state