Buddhism in Canada (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Matthews, Bruce

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134352067
• Artikelnr.: 38251512

Autorenporträt

Bruce Matthews is the Dean of Arts and C.B. Lumsden Professor of Comparative Religion at Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. A former Commonwealth scholar in Buddhist Civilization at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1970-71), he has a long-standing interest in Buddhism and the modern world.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Buddhism in British Columbia 2. Buddhism in Alberta 3. Buddhism in
Saskatchewan and Manitoba 4. Buddhist Diversity in Ontario 5. Buddhism in
the Greater Toronto Area: The Politics of Recognition 6. Lao Buddhism in
Toronto: A Case Study of Community Relations 7. Buddhism in Québec 8.
Blurred Boundaries: Buddhist Communities in the Greater Montréal Region 9.
Buddhism in Atlantic Canada Appendix: Buddhismcanada.com, a Decade in
Cyber-Samsara