Meeting Faith : the forest journals of a black Buddhist nun
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0393057844
ISBN 13
9780393057843
Category
Publication Year
2004
Publisher
Subject
Spiritual biography--United States.; Buddhist nuns--United States--Biography.; Buddhist nuns--Religious life--Thailand.; Adielé, Faith.
Description
288 pages : 25 cm; Killing faith -- Birthing faith -- The edge of the forest -- The anthropology of place -- Orchids, half sacred, half profane -- American girls -- Going to hell -- Harvard rules -- Anthropology of myself -- Fieldwork -- Pilgrims -- The body of woman -- Hungry ghosts -- The Naga princess -- Lessons in lying & killing for the black buddhist nun -- Open doors -- Flying igbos -- Landing.; Reluctantly leaving behind Pop Tarts and pop culture to battle flying rats, hissing cobras, forest fires, and decomposing corpses, Faith Adiele shows readers in this personal narrative, with accompanying journal entries, that the path to faith is full of conflicts for even the most devout.;
Biblio Notes
53483622
Number of Copies
1
