| Description |
xxiv, 242 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Religion in North America |
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Religion in North America.
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| Contents |
Foreword / Catherine L. Albanese, Stephen J. Stein -- "The Seeming Anomaly of Buddhist Negation": The American Conversation about Buddhism, 1844-1877, and the Contours of Mid-Victorian Culture -- "Shall We All Become Buddhists?": The Conversation and the Converts, 1879-1912 -- Esoterics, Rationalists, and Romantics: A Typology of Euro-American Buddhist Sympathizers and Adherents, 1875-1912 -- "Walking in Fairyland": Buddhism's Appeal and Cultural Dissent -- Strolling Down Main Street: Cultural Consent and the Accessibility of Buddhism -- Optimism and Activism: Responses to Buddhism, Victorian Religious Culture, and the Limits of Dissent -- Postscript: Buddhism in America after 1912. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-234) and index. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- United States -- History.
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Buddhism -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Intellectual life -- 1865-1918.
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| ISBN |
0253360994 cloth alkaline paper |
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