Title: Buddhism in America /
Authors: Seager, Richard Hughes.
Publisher: Columbia University Press,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Buddhism United States.
Abstract: "This well-informed book provides a comprehensive survey of a variety of Buddhist traditions in the contemporary U.S. . . . [its] strength, apart from being a mine of information, is Seager's insistence on taking a historically informed and comparative perspective." - Religious Studies Review.
Contents: The American Buddhist landscape -- Very basic Buddhism -- Three vehicles -- The American setting -- Jodo Shinshu : America's old-line Buddhists -- Soka Gakkai and its Nichiren humanism -- Zen and its flagship institutions -- The Tibetan milieu -- The Theravada spectrum -- Other Pacific Rim migrations -- Gender equity -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Intra-Buddhist and interreligious dialogue -- Making sense of Americanization.