Buddhism and Africa
By: M. Clasquin, J.S. Krüger
Contributors: Krüger, J. S.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: University of South Africa, Unisa Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Pretoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
Copyright date: 1999
Subjects: Buddhism; Congresses
Notes: "This volume formally consists of the edited proceedings of a conference on "Buddhism and Africa" organized by the Department of Religious Studies at the University of South Africa and held in Pretoria in June 1998"--introd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index.
Table of contents: title: Buddhism in Africa : some stratgic issues / Kobus Krüger; title: The Buddha of suburbia : a nineteenth-century South African imagining / Darrel Wratten; title: Buddhism in South Africa : its past history, present status and likely future / Louis Van Loon; title: Zen and the art of living / Heila Downey; title: Fo Kuang Shan in Africa : heritage and future plans / Master Hui Li; title: The Kagyu lineage tree : its branches in Southern Africa (a personal view) / Hugh Laue; title: The role of Buddhist groups in South Africa / Alison Smith; title: African religion and the Africanisation of religions : a panel discussion / Georgina Hamilton & Danile Busakwe; title: African Buddhists? Some issues in Buddhist transmission across cultures / Raoul Birnbaum; title: Ubuntu Dharma : Buddhism and African thought / Michel Clasquin.