American sutra : a story of faith and freedom in the Second World War / Duncan Ryuken Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945.

Japanese Americans.

Buddhists--United States--History--20th century.

Buddhists.

Buddhism and state--United States--History--20th century.

Buddhism and state.

Buddhism and politics--United States--History--20th century.

Buddhism and politics.

World War, 1939-1945--Japanese Americans.

World War, 1939-1945.

United States--Race relations--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Duncan Ryūken Williams reveals the little-known story of how, in the darkest hours of World War II when Japanese Americans were stripped of their homes and imprisoned in camps, a community of Buddhists launched one of the most inspiring defenses of religious freedom in our nation's history, insisting that they could be both Buddhist and American.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Prologue: Thus Have I Heard: An American Sutra

1. America: A Nation of Religious Freedom?

2. Martial Law

3. Japanese America under Siege

4. Camp Dharma

5. Sangha behind Barbed Wire

6. Reinventing American Buddhism

7. Onward Buddhist Soldiers

8. Loyalty and the Draft

9. Combat in Europe

10. The Resettlement

Epilogue: The Stones Speak: An American Sutra

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780674240858

0674240855

9780674237087

0674237080

OCLC:

1081173415