03196cam a2200481Mi 4500 ocn785811659 OCoLC 20200709055452.0 m d cr |n| 120416s2012 ncu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP OCLCQ N$T 9780807869970 (electronic bk.) 080786997X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)785811659 422059 (N$T) BQ739.U6 REL 007010 bisacsh 294.30975 23 N$TA Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend) Dixie dharma [electronic resource] : inside a Buddhist temple in the American South / Jeff Wilson. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2012. 1 online resource (292 p.) Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Encounters at a Multidenominational Temple in the South; 1 Bringing a Regional Perspective to American Buddhism; 2 The Gift of Light: Buddhist Circuit Riders and New Religious Developments in Richmond, Virginia; 3 The Buddhist Confederacy: Differentiation and Identity in Buddhist Spaces; 4 There's No Such Thing as "Not My Buddhism": Hybridity, Boundary-Crossing, and the Practice of Pluralistic Buddhism; 5 Buddhism with a Southern Accent: American Buddhists in a Southern Culture. 6 The Reality of Our Collective Karma: Slave Trade Meditation Vigil as Southern Buddhist RitualConclusion: Buddhas on the Backstretch; Appendix: Statistical Data and Questionnaire; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. In Dixie Dharma, Jeff Wilson argues that region is crucial to understanding American Buddhism. Through the lens of a multidenominational Buddhist temple in Richmond, Virginia, Wilson explores how Buddhists are adapting to life in the conservative evangelical Christian culture of the South, and how traditional Southerners are adjusting to these newer members on the rel. Description based on print version record. Buddhism Southern States. Buddhism. Southern States Religious life and customs. Religion. RELIGION / Buddhism / History bisacsh Buddhism Southern States. Southern States Religious life and customs. Electronic books. Print version: Wilson, Jeff Dixie Dharma : Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, c2012 9780807835456 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=877303 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=422059 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL877303 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 50918 50918