inside a Buddhist temple in the American South Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend) creator text Electronic books. ncu Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (292 p.) 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. 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. Jeff Wilson. Buddhism Southern States Buddhism Southern States Religious life and customs Religion RELIGION / Buddhism / History Buddhism Southern States Southern States Religious life and customs BQ739.U6 294.30975 Wilson, Jeff Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, c2012 9780807869970 (electronic bk.) 080786997X (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=877303 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=422059 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=877303 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=422059 EBLCP 120416 20200709055452.0 ocn785811659 eng