Issei Buddhism in the Americas /

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While Buddhists in Japan had long described the migration of the religion as traveling from India, across Asia, and ending in Japan, this collection details the movement of Buddhism across the Pacific to the Americas. Leading the way were pioneering, first-generation Issei priests and their follower...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Moriya, Tomoe, 1968-, Williams, Duncan Ryūken, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2010]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Japanese.
Immigrants.
Buddhism.
RELIGION > Buddhism > History.
RELIGION > Buddhism > General.
Japonais > Amerique.
Bouddhisme > Amerique.
Immigrants > America.
Japanese > America.
Buddhism > America.
America.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Nation and identity. "Can I put this Jizō together with the Virgin Mary in the altar?" : Creolizing Zen Buddhism in Brazil / Cristina Rocha
  • Bukkyōkai and the Japanese Canadian community in British Columbia / Masaka Iino
  • Education and law. The Japanese language school controversy in Hawaii / Noriko Asato
  • The legal dimensions of the formation of Shin Buddhist temples in Los Angeles / Michihiro Ama
  • Race and print culture. Buddhist modernism in English-language Buddhist periodicals / Lori Pierce
  • "Americanization" and "tradition" in Issei and Nisei Buddhist publications / Tomoe Moriya
  • Patriotism and war. The United States-Japanese war and Tenrikyo ministers in America / Akihiro Yamakura
  • The role of Buddhist song culture in international acculturation / Keiko Wells.

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