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American Buddhism : methods and findings in recent scholarship / edited by Duncan Ryūken Williams and Christopher S. Queen.

Contributor(s): Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969- | Queen, Christopher S, 1945-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Curzon critical studies in Buddhism: Publisher: Richmond, Surrey : Curzon, 1999Description: xxxvii, 329 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0700712046 (pbk.); 0700710817; 9780700710812Subject(s): 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 -- CongressesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction / Christopher S. Queen -- Issues of ethnicity in the Buddhist churches of America / Kenneth K. Tanaka -- Japanese American Zen temples : cultural identity and economics / Senryō Asai and Duncan Ryūken Williams -- Placing palms together : religious and cultural dimensions of the Hsi Lai Temple political donations controversy / Stuart Chandler -- Ritual and the performance of Buddhist identity among Lao Buddhists in North America / Penny Van Esterik -- Night-stand Buddhists and other creatures : sympathizers, adherents , and the study of religion / Thomas A. Tweed -- The new Buddhism : some empirical findings / James William Coleman -- Supply and demand : the appeal of American Buddhism -- Phillip Hammond and David Machacek -- Local inter-Buddhist associations in North America / Paul David Numrich --
The Pacific Buddha's wild practice : Gary Snyder's environmental ethic / Charles R. Strain -- The internet as window onto American Buddhism / Richard P. Hayes -- The academic study of Buddhism in America : a silent sangha / Charles S. Prebish -- Buddhist studies at Naropa : sectarian or academic? / Robert E. Goss -- Buddhist worlds in the U.S.A. : a survey of the territory / Richard Hughes Seager -- Dissertations and theses on American Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams -- North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BQ732 .A44 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903097869

"The present volume has its origins in a conference ... held at the Harvard Divinity School in May 1997"--Pref.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Christopher S. Queen -- Issues of ethnicity in the Buddhist churches of America / Kenneth K. Tanaka -- Japanese American Zen temples : cultural identity and economics / Senryō Asai and Duncan Ryūken Williams -- Placing palms together : religious and cultural dimensions of the Hsi Lai Temple political donations controversy / Stuart Chandler -- Ritual and the performance of Buddhist identity among Lao Buddhists in North America / Penny Van Esterik -- Night-stand Buddhists and other creatures : sympathizers, adherents , and the study of religion / Thomas A. Tweed -- The new Buddhism : some empirical findings / James William Coleman -- Supply and demand : the appeal of American Buddhism -- Phillip Hammond and David Machacek -- Local inter-Buddhist associations in North America / Paul David Numrich --

The Pacific Buddha's wild practice : Gary Snyder's environmental ethic / Charles R. Strain -- The internet as window onto American Buddhism / Richard P. Hayes -- The academic study of Buddhism in America : a silent sangha / Charles S. Prebish -- Buddhist studies at Naropa : sectarian or academic? / Robert E. Goss -- Buddhist worlds in the U.S.A. : a survey of the territory / Richard Hughes Seager -- Dissertations and theses on American Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams -- North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism / compiled by Duncan Ryūken Williams.

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