Buddhism in America
Series: Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series;
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Product details:
- Edition number New ed
- Publisher Columbia University Press
- Date of Publication 25 October 2000
- ISBN 9780231108690
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages336 pages
- Size 227 x 175 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Buddhism has influenced American culture since the American Transcendentalist movement in the 1830s and '40s; only recntly, however, has this transplanted philosophy begun to blossom into a full-fledged American religion. Seager offers a perceptive and engaging portrait of the communities, institutions, practices, and individuals that are integral to the contemporary Buddhist landscape, including six profiles of Buddhist traditions exported to the United States from Japan, Tibet, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere. The book also considers Americanization and recent developments in gender equity, progressive social change, and intra-Buddhist and interreligious dialogue.
MoreLong description:
"This book cries out for use as a textbook for classes on Buddhism in America." -- Franz Aubrey Metcalf, The Journal of Religion
MoreTable of Contents:
One: Background
1. The American Buddhist Landscape
2. Very Basic Buddhism
3. The Three Vehicles
4. The American Setting
Two: Major Traditions
5. Jodo Shinshu: America's Old-Line Buddhists
6. Soka Gakkai and Its Nichiren Humanism
7. Zen and Its Flagship Institutions
8. The Tibetan Milieu
9. The Theravada Spectrum
10. Other Pacific Rim Migrations
Three: Selected Issues
11. Gender Equity
12. Socially Engaged Buddhism
13. Intra-Buddhist and Interreligious Dialogue
14. Making Some Sense of Americanization
