| Title |
Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples / Paul David Numrich. |
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| Publication Info. |
Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1999] |
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©1996 |
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| University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location
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294.391 N971O |
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| Edition |
First paperback printing. |
| Description |
xxiv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [165]-176) and index. |
| Note |
Originally published: c1996. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Theravāda Buddhism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Wat Dhammaram (Chicago, Ill.) -- History.
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Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara (Los Angeles) -- History.
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| ISBN |
1572330635 paperback |
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9781572330634 paperback |
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