ISBN:
9780199918874
,
0199918872
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (ix, 178 p.).
Series Statement:
AAR academy series
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Cheah, Joseph Race and religion in American Buddhism
DDC:
294.3'089'00973
Keywords:
Buddhism United States
;
Racism United States
;
Race relations Religious aspects
;
Buddhism
;
Burmese Americans Social conditions
;
Buddhism
;
United States
;
Racism
;
United States
;
Race relations
;
Religious aspects
;
Buddhism
;
Burmese Americans
;
Social conditions
;
United States
;
Race relations
;
USA
;
Buddhismus
;
Rassismus
;
USA
;
Birmanen
;
Buddhist
;
USA
;
Vipashyanā
Abstract:
Joseph Cheah examines how the racial ideology of white supremacy has been played out in the two different ways by which convert Buddhists and sympathizers and Burmese ethnic Buddhists have adapted Buddhist religious practices to the American context.
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756285.001.0001
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199756285.001.0001
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