Buddhism in America / Richard Hughes Seager.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seager, Richard Hughes.

Series:

Columbia contemporary American religion series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--United States.

Buddhism.

United States.

Physical Description:

xviii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, [1999]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Chapter 1 The American Buddhist Landscape 3

Chapter 2 Very Basic Buddhism 12

Chapter 3 Three Vehicles 20

Chapter 4 The American Setting 33

Chapter 5 Jodo Shinshu: America's Old-Line Buddhists 51

Chapter 6 Soka Gakkai and Its Nichiren Humanism 70

Chapter 7 Zen and Its Flagship Institutions 90

Chapter 8 The Tibetan Milieu 113

Chapter 9 The Theravada Spectrum 136

Chapter 10 Other Pacific Rim Migrations 158

Chapter 11 Gender Equity 185

Chapter 12 Socially Engaged Buddhism 201

Chapter 13 Intra-Buddhist and Interreligious Dialogue 216

Chapter 14 Making Some Sense of Americanization 232.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-294) and index.

ISBN:

0231108680

OCLC:

40481142