The making of American Buddhism
"Century Modern Buddhism tells the story of how Japanese Americans in the 1950s made possible American Buddhism. Using the Berkeley Bussei as a case study, a Buddhist magazine published from 1939 to 1960, the book demonstrates how Japanese American Buddhists argued that Buddhism was both what m...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Japanese immigrant
/ Buddhism
/ Discrimination
/ History 1930-1950
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BL Buddhism KBQ North America TK Recent history |
| Further subjects: | B
Buddhism (United States)
History
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Century Modern Buddhism tells the story of how Japanese Americans in the 1950s made possible American Buddhism. Using the Berkeley Bussei as a case study, a Buddhist magazine published from 1939 to 1960, the book demonstrates how Japanese American Buddhists argued that Buddhism was both what made them good Americans and what they had to contribute to America-a rational and scientific religion of peace. Such rhetorical constructions of Buddhist modernism were common at mid-century, and this study centers American Jōdo Shinshū Buddhists in this history. Boldly claiming an American Buddhist identity, even in the face of racial and religious discrimination, they created communities, published magazines, and hosted scholarly conventions and translation projects. In short, Nisei Buddhists built religious infrastructure. Without this infrastructure, the Buddhist modernists and Beat Generation writers who are often credited with popularizing Buddhism in the later twentieth century would not have had places to publish their ideas and communities in which to learn Buddhist practice. D.T. Suzuki, Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder, all of whom make appearance in the Berkeley Bussei, were supported or connected to the Nisei Buddhist community. This book re-centers their experiences and unseen labor which ultimately made possible American Buddhism"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0197641563 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/9780197641569.001.0001 |