Mitchell, Scott A.,  1973- <br/><br/>
Buddhism in America :  global religion, local contexts / 
Scott A. Mitchell. 
 - xi, 302 pages ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-296) and index. 
<br/><br/>Convergence and divergence -- Histories -- A very short introduction to Buddhism -- Nineteenth century foundations -- From acculturation to the counterculture -- Diversity and pluralism at century's end -- Traditions -- Theravada traditions -- Mahayana traditions -- Vajrayana traditions -- Post-modern horizons? -- Frames -- Buddhist medias: art, practice, and representation -- Buddhist identities: race, gender, and sexuality -- Buddhist engagements: confronting environmental and social suffering -- Buddhist modernities: US Buddhism in its global context. 
<br/><br/> Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture.Divided into three parts (Histories; Traditions; Frames), this introduction traces Buddhism's history and encounter with North American culture, charts the landscape of US Buddhist communities, and engages current methodological and theoretical developments in the field. -- Provided by Publisher. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781472581921 147258192X 9781472581938 1472581938 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016010450 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB6A4810  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>017954698  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism--United States.<br/>Bouddhisme--<br/>11.93 Buddhism.<br/>Buddhism.<br/>Buddhismus<br/>Region<br/>11.93 Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>USA<br/>United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ732  / .M58 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.30973