Dixie dharma : inside a Buddhist temple in the American South / Jeff Wilson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Southern States.

Buddhism.

Southern States--Religious life and customs.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

viii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]

Contents:

Introduction: encounters at a multidenominational temple in the South

Bringing a regional perspective to American Buddhism

The gift of light: Buddhist circuit riders and new religious developments in Richmond, Virginia

The Buddhist confederacy: differentiation and identity in Buddhist spaces

There's no such thing as "not my Buddhism": hybridity, boundary-crossing, and the practice of pluralistic Buddhism

Buddhism with a Southern accent: American Buddhists in a Southern culture

The reality of our collective karma: slave trade meditation vigil as Southern Buddhist ritual

Conclusion: Buddhas on the backstretch.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807835456

0807835455

OCLC:

751780764