North American Buddhists in social context
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, includin...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2008
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| Dans: | Année: 2008 |
| Collection/Revue: | Religion and the social order 1061-5210
15 Religion and the social order 15 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Nordamerika
/ Buddhisme
/ Milieu
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Buddhism ; Social aspects
B Usa B Nordamerika B RELIGION ; Buddhism ; History B Contribution <colloque> B North America B Recueil d'articles B Buddhism Social aspects North America B Religion Nordamerika USA North America B Electronic books B Buddhisme B Buddhism Social aspects (North America) B Buddhism ; sociala aspekter ; Nordamerika |
| Accès en ligne: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
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| Résumé: | 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 |
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| Description: | Includes bibliographical references. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9047443535 |