Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in a Zen Buddhist Temple A Perspective of Buddhist Rhetoric /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Zhang, Fan (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Buddhism.; Intercultural communication.; Applied linguistics.; Intercultural Communication.; Applied Linguistics.

This book explores the practices in a Zen Buddhist temple located in Northwest Ohio against the backdrop of globalization. Drawing on the previous studies on Buddhist modernization and westernization, it provides a better understanding of the westernization of Buddhism and its adapted practices and...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Chapter I. Buddhism and Rhetoric: From an Intercultural Perspective
• Chapter II. A Brief History of Modern Zen Buddhism in the United States
• Chapter III. The Temple's Paradox: Maintaining Cultural Traditions in the Discourse of Modernization and Democratization
• Chapter IV. Constructing Buddhist Identity at the H Temple
• Chatper V. The Buddhist Rhetoric of the H Temple: What does it Meam to be an American Buddhist?
• References.