Heartwood - Wendy Cadge

Heartwood

The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America

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Buch | Hardcover
278 Seiten
2004
University of Chicago Press (Verlag)
978-0-226-08899-0 (ISBN)
99,75 inkl. MwSt
Theravada is one of the three main branches of Buddhism. In Asia it is practiced widely in Thailand, Laos, Burma, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia. This fascinating ethnography opens a window onto two communities of Theravada Buddhists in contemporary America: one outside Philadelphia that is composed largely of Thai immigrants and one outside Boston that consists mainly of white converts.

Wendy Cadge first provides a historical overview of Theravada Buddhism and considers its specific origins here in the United States. She then brings her findings to bear on issues of personal identity, immigration, cultural assimilation, and the nature of religion in everyday life. Her work is the first systematic comparison of the ways in which immigrant and convert Buddhists understand, practice, and adapt the Buddhist tradition in America. The men and women whom Cadge meets and observes speak directly to us in this work, both in their personal testimonials and as they meditate, pray, and practice Buddhism.

Creative and insightful, Heartwood will be of enormous value to sociologists of religion and anyone wishing to understand the rise of Buddhism in the Western world.

Wendy Cadge is associate professor of sociology at Brandeis University and the author of Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 16.12.2004
Reihe/Serie Morality and Society Series
Sprache englisch
Maße 16 x 24 mm
Gewicht 482 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Buddhismus
ISBN-10 0-226-08899-5 / 0226088995
ISBN-13 978-0-226-08899-0 / 9780226088990
Zustand Neuware
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