Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples / Paul David Numrich

Author:: Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
Published:: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1996]
Copyright Date:: ©1996
Edition:: 1st ed.
Physical Description:: xxiv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents:

Theravada Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism in America -- A study in Americanization -- Chicago : Wat Dhammaram -- Los Angeles : Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara -- Temple life and focus -- Chronologies of the schisms -- Underlying tensions -- The monastic staffs -- Vinaya in america : dilemmas and adaptations -- Ecumenism -- The parallelism thesis -- Evidence of parallelism -- Implications of parallelism -- Temple rituals and religious activities -- Festivals -- The second generation -- Spiritual biographies -- Personalities, perspectives, practices -- Lay Ordination -- Familiar themes -- The (re)emergence of a new theme.

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ISBN:

087049905X (cl. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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