Becoming Buddhist: Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist Centres
What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners''...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Bloomsbury Publishing
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Buddhist converts ; Australia
B Electronic books B Buddhism ; Social aspects ; Australia |
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| Summary: | What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own participant-observation experience.Practitioners'' prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practicesand their experiences of participation, practice and self-transformationare examined with respect to their roles in practitioners'' appropriation of the Buddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path to enlightenment |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1441118462 |