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Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a'Buddhist'? This has been a much-debated question in recent years, particularly in regard to the religion's bifurcation into two camps: the so-called'imported'or ethnic Buddhism of Asian immigrants and the'convert'Buddhism of a mostly middle-class, liberal, intellectual elite. In this timely collection Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka bring together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism's many faces.The contributors investigate newly Americanized Asian traditions such as Tibetan, Zen, Nichiren, Jodo Shinshu, and Theravada Buddhism and the changes they undergo to meet the expectations of a Western culture desperate for spiritual guidance. Race, feminism, homosexuality, psychology, environmentalism, and notions of authority are some of the issues confronting Buddhism for the first time in its three-thousand-year history and are powerfully addressed here.In recent years American Buddhism has been featured as a major story on ABC television news, National Public Radio, and in

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Author

Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka

Publisher

Berkeley: University of California Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780520216969

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Buddhism, Religion