03196cam a2200481Mi 4500001001300000003000600013005001700019006001900036007000700055008004100062040003400103020003500137020003200172035002100204035001800225050001300243072002500256082001800281049000900299100003400308245010600342260006200448300003100510505053600541505028801077520060601365588004701971650003102018650001402049650004902063650001402112650004302126650003102169651004902200655002202249776017202271856008002443856010502523938004102628910001602669994001202685999001702697ocn785811659OCoLC20200709055452.0m        d        cr |n|120416s2012    ncu     o     000 0 eng d  aEBLCPbengcEBLCPdOCLCQdN$T  a9780807869970 (electronic bk.)  a080786997X (electronic bk.)  a(OCoLC)785811659  a422059b(N$T) 4aBQ739.U6 7aRELx0070102bisacsh04a294.30975223  aN$TA1 aWilson, Jeffq(Jeff Townsend)10aDixie dharmah[electronic resource] :binside a Buddhist temple in the American South /cJeff Wilson.  aChapel Hill :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,c2012.  a1 online resource (292 p.)0 aCover; 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.8 a6 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.  aBuddhism 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.  aDescription based on print version record. 4aBuddhismzSouthern States. 4aBuddhism. 4aSouthern StatesxReligious life and customs. 4aReligion. 7aRELIGION / Buddhism / History2bisacsh 0aBuddhismzSouthern States. 0aSouthern StatesxReligious life and customs. 4aElectronic books.08iPrint version:aWilson, JefftDixie Dharma : Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American SouthdChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, c2012z9780807835456403Ebook Libraryuhttp://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=877303403EBSCOhostuhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=422059  aEBL - Ebook LibrarybEBLBnEBL877303  acpp1723AUTO  a02bN$T  c50918d50918