Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1572330635
ISBN 13
9781572330634
Category
Publication Year
1999
Publisher
Subject
Theravāda Buddhism--United States--History--20th century.
Description
xxiv, 181 pages : 23 cm; Originally published: ©1996.; Theravada Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism in America -- A study in Americanization -- Chicago: Wat Dhammaram -- Los Angeles: Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara -- Temple life and focus -- Chronologies of the schisms -- Underlying tensions -- The monastic staffs -- Vinaya in America: dilemmas and adaptations -- Ecumenism -- The parallelism thesis -- Evidence of parallelism -- Implications of parallelism -- Temple rituals and religious activities -- Festivals -- The second generation -- Spiritual biographies -- Personalities, perspectives, practices -- Lay "Ordination" -- Familiar themes -- The (re)emergence of a new theme.;
Biblio Notes
47793242
Number of Copies
1
