Nationalism and Buddhist Youth Groups in the Japanese, British, and American Empires, 1880s–1930s

In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, Buddhists in imperial Japan, the British Raj, and the American empire developed lay-oriented youth groups. These groups’ members developed intertwined ethnoreligious and national identities informed by Buddhists’ relative status in these three...

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Main Author: Stein, Justin B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2021
In: Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 341-359
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Japan / Britisch-Indien / USA / Buddhism / Youth organization / Imperialism / History 1880-1930
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AH Religious education
BL Buddhism
KBM Asia
KBQ North America
NCD Political ethics
RB Church office; congregation
TJ Modern history
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B ethno-nationalism
B United States
B Japan
B Colonialism
B Ceylon
B Hawaii
B trans-imperial
B British Burma
B YMBA
B Buddhist nationalism
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Summary:In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, Buddhists in imperial Japan, the British Raj, and the American empire developed lay-oriented youth groups. These groups’ members developed intertwined ethnoreligious and national identities informed by Buddhists’ relative status in these three empires. This article describes the trans-imperial development of early Buddhist youth groups, examines how these groups developed nationalist politics that were often intertwined with ethnic identity, and considers how the concept of "Buddhist youth" flattened differences unite lay Buddhists across various divides.
ISSN:1527-6457
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727657