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Author:
Ama, Michihiro.
Title:
Immigrants to the Pure Land : the modernization, acculturation, and globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 / Michihiro Ama.
Publisher:
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
Copyright Date:
c2011
Description:
xiv, 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Shin (Sect)--United States--History--20th century.
Shin (Sect)--Hawaii--History--20th century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The modern development of Shin Buddhism -- Changes in organizational style -- The development of Shin Buddhist ministries in North America -- The transformation of Shin Buddhist rituals and architecture -- Shin Buddhist doctrine reconstructed -- A history of the Higashi Honganji in North America -- Local and translocal activities of Issei Shin Buddhist ministers -- Conclusion : rethinking acculturation in the postmodern world.
Series:
Pure Land Buddhist studies.
ISBN:
0824834380 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780824834388 (hardcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)642351608
LCCN:
2010023445
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

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