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Buddhism In America
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Author : Richard Hughes Seager
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-03
Buddhism In America written by Richard Hughes Seager and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-03 with Religion categories.
Over the past half century in America, Buddhism has grown from a transplanted philosophy to a full-fledged religious movement, rich in its own practices, leaders, adherents, and institutions. Long favored as an essential guide to this history, Buddhism in America covers the three major groups that shape the tradition—an emerging Asian immigrant population, native-born converts, and old-line Asian American Buddhists—and their distinct, yet spiritually connected efforts to remake Buddhism in a Western context. This edition updates existing text and adds three new essays on contemporary developments in American Buddhism, particularly the aging of the baby boom population and its effect on American Buddhism's modern character. New material includes revised information on the full range of communities profiled in the first edition; an added study of a second generation of young, Euro-American leaders and teachers; an accessible look at the increasing importance of meditation and neurobiological research; and a provocative consideration of the mindfulness movement in American culture. The volume maintains its detailed account of South and East Asian influences on American Buddhist practices, as well as instances of interreligious dialogue, socially activist Buddhism, and complex gender roles within the community. Introductory chapters describe Buddhism's arrival in America with the nineteenth-century transcendentalists and rapid spread with the Beat poets of the 1950s. The volume now concludes with a frank assessment of the challenges and prospects of American Buddhism in the twenty-first century.
The Faces Of Buddhism In America
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Author : Charles S. Prebish
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1998-12-22
The Faces Of Buddhism In America written by Charles S. Prebish and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-12-22 with Religion categories.
The editors bring some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting the religion today. 9 photos.
American Buddhism
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Author : Christopher Queen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
American Buddhism written by Christopher Queen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Social Science categories.
This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. Until now, few investigators have turned their attention to the interpretive challenge posed by the presence of all the traditional lineages of Asian Buddhism in a consciously multicultural society. Nor have scholars considered the place of their own contributions as writers, teachers, and practising Buddhists in this unfolding saga. In thirteen chapters and a critical introduction to the field, the book treats issues such as Asian American Buddhist identity, the new Buddhism, Buddhism and American culture, and the scholar's place in American Buddhist Studies. The volume offers complete lists of dissertations and theses on American Buddhism and North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism since 1892.
The American Encounter With Buddhism 1844 1912
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Author : Thomas A. Tweed
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2005-10-12
The American Encounter With Buddhism 1844 1912 written by Thomas A. Tweed and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-12 with Religion categories.
In this landmark work, Thomas Tweed examines nineteenth-century America's encounter with one of the world's major religions. Exploring the debates about Buddhism that followed upon its introduction in this country, Tweed shows what happened when the transplanted religious movement came into contact with America's established culture and fundamentally different Protestant tradition. The book, first published in 1992, traces the efforts of various American interpreters to make sense of Buddhism in Western terms. Tweed demonstrates that while many of those interested in Buddhism considered themselves dissenters from American culture, they did not abandon some of the basic values they shared with their fellow Victorians. In the end, the Victorian understanding of Buddhism, even for its most enthusiastic proponents, was significantly shaped by the prevailing culture. Although Buddhism attracted much attention, it ultimately failed to build enduring institutions or gain significant numbers of adherents in the nineteenth century. Not until the following century did a cultural environment more conducive to Buddhism's taking root in America develop. In a new preface, Tweed addresses Buddhism's growing influence in contemporary American culture.
American Buddhism As A Way Of Life
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Author : Gary Storhoff
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2010-04-05
American Buddhism As A Way Of Life written by Gary Storhoff and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-05 with Religion categories.
Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.
American Buddhism
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Author : Charles S. Prebish
language : en
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Release Date : 1979
American Buddhism written by Charles S. Prebish and has been published by Brooks/Cole this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Religion categories.
Buddhism In America
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Author : Emma McCloy Layman
language : en
Publisher: Burnham, Incorporated
Release Date : 1976
Buddhism In America written by Emma McCloy Layman and has been published by Burnham, Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Religion categories.
Three Steps One Bow
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Author : Heng Ju (Bhikshu)
language : en
Publisher: Buddhist Text Translation Society
Release Date : 2014-08-17
Three Steps One Bow written by Heng Ju (Bhikshu) and has been published by Buddhist Text Translation Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Based on the principle that peace in the world begins with peace in our hearts, two American monks, Heng Ju and Heng Yo, undertook an arduous 10 month pilgrimage in 1973. As they bowed down in full prostrations to the ground once every three steps, they prayed for world peace and sought spiritual awakening. A collection of excerpts from the journal they kept, this book offers an honest and moving account of their journey as they relate their internal and external hardships as well as their interactions with their teacher, Master Hsuan Hua, and their awakenings. This book shows Buddhism in its true form: a practice to transform the mind and thereby the world in which we live. This 40th anniversary edition comes with a preface written by Jeanette Testu, daughter of the former Heng Ju who had returned to lay life.
Buddhism Beyond Borders
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Author : Scott A. Mitchell
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Buddhism Beyond Borders written by Scott A. Mitchell and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with Religion categories.
Explores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity. Buddhism beyond Borders provides a fresh consideration of Buddhism in the American context. It includes both theoretical discussions and case studies to highlight the tension between studies that locate Buddhist communities in regionally specific areas and those that highlight the translocal nature of an increasingly interconnected world. Whereas previous examinations of Buddhism in North America have assumed a more or less essentialized and homogeneous American culture, the essays in this volume offer a corrective, situating American Buddhist groups within the framework of globalized cultural flows, while exploring the effects of local forces. Contributors examine regionalism within American Buddhisms, Buddhist identity and ethnicity as academic typologies, Buddhist modernities, the secularization and hybridization of Buddhism, Buddhist fiction, and Buddhist controversies involving the Internet, among other issues.
North American Buddhists In Social Context
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Author : Paul David Numrich
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-06-30
North American Buddhists In Social Context written by Paul David Numrich and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-30 with Religion categories.
The first multi-author collection of social scientific scholarship on North American Buddhists, this volume examines the current state of research and key aspects of Buddhist life and experience in social context. Case studies feature Southeast Asian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, meditation-oriented, and socially engaged Buddhists.