Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-294) and index.
Contents
The American Buddhist landscape -- Very basic Buddhism -- Three vehicles -- The American setting -- Jodo Shinshu : America's old-line Buddhists -- Soka Gakkai and its Nichiren humanism -- Zen and its flagship institutions -- The Tibetan milieu -- The Theravada spectrum -- Other Pacific Rim migrations -- Gender equity -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Intra-Buddhist and interreligious dialogue -- Making some sense of Americanization.