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Wild geese : Buddhism in Canada / edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori and Alexander Soucy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harding, John S., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Canada--History.
- Buddhism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (477 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Buddhism has been practiced in Canada for more than a century. Presenting a study of Buddhism in Canada, this title offers a history of the religion's evolution in Canada, surveys the diverse communities and beliefs of Canadian Buddhists, and presents the biographies of Buddhist leaders.
- Contents:
- Openings. How do we study buddhism in Canada? / Victor Sogen Hori
- Asian reformers, global organizations : an exploration of the possibility of a "Canadian Buddhism" / Alexander Soucy
- Histories and overviews. Looking East : Japanese Canadians and Jodo Shinshu buddhism, 1905-1970 / Terry Watada
- Buddhism after the seventies / Henry C.H. Shiu
- Buddhism in Canada : a statistical overview from Canadian censuses, 1981-2001 / Peter Beyer
- From global to local. Jodo Shinshu in Southern Alberta : from rural Raymond to Amalgamation / John S. Harding
- That Luang : the journey and relocation of Lao Buddhism to Canada / Marybeth White
- Transforming ordinary life : turning to Zen Buddhism in Toronto / Patricia Q. Campbell
- The woodenfish program : Fo Guang Shan, Canadian Youth, and a new generation of Buddhist missionaries / Lina Verchery
- Shambhala international : the golden sun of the great East / Lynn P. Eldershaw
- From local to global. Globalization and modern transformation of Chinese Buddhism in three Chinese temples in Eastern Canada / Tannie Liu
- The Tzu Chi Merit Society from Taiwan to Canada / Andre Laliberte and Manuel Litalien
- A relationship of reciprocity : globalization, skilful means, and Tibetean Buddhism in Canada / Sarah F. Haynes
- Lives. Albert low : a quest for a truthful life / Mauro Peressini ; Suwanda H.J. Sugunasiri : Buddhist / Victor Sogen Hori and Janet McLellan.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-7735-8232-0
- 0-7735-9108-7
- OCLC:
- 818663753
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