North American Buddhists in social context / edited by Paul David Numrich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Numrich, Paul David, 1952-

Series:

Religion and the social order ; v. 15.

Religion and the social order : an official publication of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, 1061-5210 ; v. 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Social aspects--North America.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 246 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume marks an important milestone in the growing literature on North American Buddhists—the first multi-author collection of social scientific scholarship on the topic. Chapters examine the current state of research and key aspects of Buddhist life and experience in social context, including group identity and status, religious practices, organizational structures, generational dynamics, relations with non-Buddhist groups and the larger society, and migratory and adaptive processes. Case studies feature Southeast Asian, Japanese, Taiwanese, Korean, meditation-oriented, and socially engaged Buddhists. For social scientists, this volume provides a convenient overview of scholarship heretofore available only piecemeal. All readers will discover how social scientific perspectives and approaches helpfully inform the study of North American Buddhists.

Contents:

North American Buddhists : a field of study? / Paul David Numrich

Themes and issues in the study of North American Buddhists and Buddhism / Janet McLellan

Temple and society in the new world : Theravada Buddhism and social order in North America / Carl L. Bankston III and Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo

The Buddhist mission of North America, 1898-1942 : religion and its social functions in an ethnic community / Arthur Nishimura

Japanese American religiosity : a contemporary perspective / Tetsuden Kashima

"True Buddhism is not Chinese": Taiwanese immigrants defining Buddhist identity in the United States / Carolyn Chen

A religious minority within an ethnic minority : Korean American Buddhists / Karen Chai Kim

The emergence of a new Buddhism : continuity and change / James William Coleman

Soka Gakkai : engaged Buddhism in North America / Constance Lynn Geekie.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613061096

9781283061094

1283061090

9789047443537

9047443535

OCLC:

704942648

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004168268.i-247 DOI