RT Article
T1 What is Canadian about Canadian Buddhism?
JF Religion compass
VO 5
IS 9
SP 536
OP 548
A1 Wilson, Jeff
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1837362475
AB Buddhism in Canada is part of a larger global network of Buddhist people, institutions, and practices in the modern world. It shares much with Buddhism in other countries, such as the United States. What, then, is distinctive about Canadian Buddhism? This article suggests five areas in which researchers may fruitfully probe for what is particular about Buddhism in Canada. These five areas are (1) the history of Buddhist individuals and institutions in Canada; (2) the impact of national and provincial laws and policies; (3) the impact of Canadian social and cultural characteristics, and efforts to create a self-consciously Canadian Buddhism; (4) the landscape of Canada itself; and (5) Canadian Buddhism’s relationship with Buddhism in other countries.
DO 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00299.x