Being Buddhist in a Christian World : Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple /

"Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism for th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suh, Sharon A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sa Chal (Temple : Koreatown, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Koreanen.
Boeddhisme.
Soziale Situation
Koreaner
Christentum
Buddhismus
Korean Americans > Religious life.
Interfaith relations.
Christianity.
Buddhism > Social aspects.
Buddhism.
11.93 Buddhism.
Americains d'origine coreenne > Vie religieuse.
Christianisme > Relations > Bouddhisme.
Bouddhisme > Coree.
Bouddhisme > Aspect social > Californie > Los Angeles.
Americains d'origine coreenne > États-Unis > Vie religieuse.
Bouddhisme > Californie > Los Angeles.
Christianity and other religions > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Korea.
Buddhism > Social aspects > California > Los Angeles.
Buddhism > California > Los Angeles.
Koreaner.
Kalifornien
Korea.
California > Los Angeles.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Finding and Knowing One's Mind
  • Sa Chal Context, Programs, and Demographics
  • Buddhist Practice and Self-Transformation
  • Buddhism--An Anchor in an Uncertain World and a Source of Independence
  • Finding Male Selves: Men's Religious Practices
  • Being Buddhist in a Christian World.

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