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Author:

Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend)

Title:

Dixie dharma : inside a Buddhist temple in the American South / Jeff Wilson.

Publisher:

University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

viii, 281 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Buddhism--Southern States.
Southern States--Religious life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-276) and index.

Contents:

Introduction : encounters at a multidenominational temple in the South -- Bringing a regional perspective to American Buddhism -- The gift of light : Buddhist circuit riders and new religious developments in Richmond, Virginia -- The Buddhist confederacy : differentiation and identity in Buddhist spaces -- There's no such thing as "not my Buddhism" : hybridity, boundary-crossing, and the practice of pluralistic Buddhism -- Buddhism with a Southern accent : American Buddhists in a Southern culture -- The reality of our collective karma : slave trade meditation vigil as Southern Buddhist ritual -- Conclusion : Buddhas on the backstretch.

Summary:

"In Dixie dharma, Jeff Wilson argues that region is crucial to understanding American Buddhism. Through the lens of a multidenominational Buddhist temple (Ekoji Buddhist Sangha) 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 religious landscape."--book jacket.

ISBN:

0807835455 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807835456 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2011036322

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)