Cosmopolitan dharma : race, sexuality, and gender in british buddhism /

Within Western Buddhism, practitioners are often assumed to be white and middle-class. Based in ground-breaking empirical research, Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism explores the stories of Buddhists from minority communities, through a rich analysis of their lived...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Sharon E.
Otros Autores: Munt, Sally R., Yip, Andrew Kam-Tuck, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Brill, 2016.
Colección:Studies in the history of religions ; v. 152.
Temas:
Buddhism > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Buddhists > Great Britain.
Bouddhistes > Grande-Bretagne.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Buddhism > Social aspects
Buddhists.
Great Britain.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Thinking through the cultural politics of race, sexuality and gender in Western Buddhism
  • Researching British Buddhism : epistemological and methodological reflections
  • The culture of the Friends of Western Buddhist Order
  • The Friends of Western Buddhist Order as context for 'self-fashioning'
  • The culture of Soka Gakkai International in the UK
  • The Soka Gakkai International in the UK as context for 'self-fashioning'
  • Cosmopolitan Dharma : diversity and the embracing of the 'other' in Western Buddhism.

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