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Author Cheah, Joseph.

Title Race and religion in American Buddhism : white supremacy and immigrant adaptation / Joseph Cheah.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Circulation Desk  FACULTY PUBLICATIONS DISPLAY CASE    In-Library Use Only
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  294.3 C514R    Check Shelf
Description ix, 178 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Colonial legacy of white supremacy in American Buddhism -- Buddhist modernism and the American vipassana movement -- Adaptation of vipassana meditation by convert Buddhists and sympathizers -- Assimilationist paradigm and Burmese Americans -- Monastic and domestic settings -- Burmese loyalty structure of the dual domination paradigm -- Conclusion.
Subject Buddhism -- United States.
Racism -- United States.
Race relations -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Burmese Americans -- Social conditions.
United States -- Race relations.
ISBN 9780199756285
0199756287
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