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List of Tables | |
Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West | p. 1 |
Profiling Global Buddhism: A Description of the Landscape | |
Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures | p. 17 |
The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West | p. 34 |
Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West | p. 51 |
Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West: The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies | p. 66 |
Diffusion: The Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries | |
Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects | p. 85 |
American Buddhism in the Making | p. 106 |
Buddhism in Canada | p. 120 |
The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand | p. 139 |
Buddhism in South Africa | p. 152 |
Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society | p. 163 |
Buddha in the Promised Land: Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel | p. 177 |
Change: Adaptations and Innovations | |
Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II | p. 191 |
The Translating Temple: Diasporic Buddhism in Florida | p. 201 |
Repackaging Zen for the West | p. 218 |
Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism | p. 230 |
Lifestyle: Being a Buddhist in Western Societies | |
The Challenge of Community | p. 245 |
Buddhist Nuns: Changes and Challenges | p. 255 |
Neither Monk nor Nun: Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners | p. 275 |
Virtues without Rules: Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement | p. 285 |
Buddhism Facing New Challenges | |
The Roar of the Lioness: Women's Dharma in the West | p. 309 |
Engaged Buddhism: Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization | p. 324 |
The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology | p. 348 |
A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation": Buddhism, Art, and Modernity | p. 365 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 383 |
List of Contributors | p. 401 |
Index | p. 407 |
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