Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South
Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. In Dixie Dharma, Jeff Wilson argues that region is crucial to understa...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill
The University of North Carolina Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South (2013) (Capper, Daniel)
Dixie Dharma: Inside a Buddhist Temple in the American South (2012) (Altman, Michael J.) |
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| Summary: | Buddhism in the United States is often viewed in connection with practitioners in the Northeast and on the West Coast, but in fact, it has been spreading and evolving throughout the United States since the mid-nineteenth century. In Dixie Dharma, Jeff Wilson argues that region is crucial to understanding American Buddhism. Through the lens of a multidenominational Buddhist temple in Richmond, Virginia, Wilson explores how Buddhists are adapting to life in the conservative evangelical Christian culture of the South, and how traditional Southerners are adjusting to these newer members on the rel |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 0807835455 |