American Buddhism
Subtitle: methods and findings in recent scholarship
By: edited by Duncan Ryūken Williams and Christopher S. Queen.
Contributors: Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969-; Queen, Christopher S., 1945-
Series: Curzon critical studies in Buddhism
Publisher: Curzon
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Richmond, Surrey
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
Subjects: Buddhism -- United States -- Congresses.; Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- United States -- Congresses.; Asian Americans -- Religion -- Congresses.; Buddhists -- United States -- Congresses.; Buddhist converts -- United States -- Congresses.; Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- Bibliography.; Buddhist renewal -- United States -- Congresses.; Américains d'origine asiatique -- Religion.; Bouddhisme -- Amérique du Nord.; Bouddhistes -- Amérique du Nord.; Convertis au bouddhisme -- Amérique du Nord.; Bouddhisme -- Étude et enseignement -- Thèses -- Bibliographies.; Renouveau du bouddhisme -- Amérique du Nord.; Buddhism -- United States.
Genres: Congresses.; Bibliography.; Bibliographies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The present volume has its origins in a conference ... held at the Harvard Divinity School in May 1997"--Pref.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Christopher S. Queen; title: Issues of ethnicity in the Buddhist churches of America / Kenneth K. Tanaka; title: Japanese American Zen temples : cultural identity and economics / Senryō Asai and Duncan Ryūken Williams; title: Placing palms together : religious and cultural dimensions of the Hsi Lai Temple political donations controversy / Stuart Chandler; title: Ritual and the performance of Buddhist identity among Lao Buddhists in North America / Penny Van Esterik; title: Night-stand Buddhists and other creatures : sympathizers, adherents , and the study of religion / Thomas A. Tweed; title: The new Buddhism : some empirical findings / James William Coleman; title: Supply and demand : the appeal of American Buddhism; title: Phillip Hammond and David Machacek; title: Local inter-Buddhist associations in North America / Paul David Numrich; title: The Pacific Buddha's wild practice : Gary Snyder's environmental ethic / Charles R. Strain; title: The internet as window onto American Buddhism / Richard P. Hayes; title: The academic study of Buddhism in America : a silent sangha / Charles S. Prebish; title: Buddhist studies at Naropa : sectarian or academic? / Robert E. Goss; title: Buddhist worlds in the U.S.A. : a suvey of the territory / Richard Hughes Seager; title: Dissertations and theses on American Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams; title: North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams.