Immigrants Pure to the Land - The Acculturation of Shin Buddhism in North America, 1898-1941

Informationen zum Autor Michihiro Ama is assistant professor of Japanese at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Klappentext Explores in detail the activities of individual Shin Buddhist ministers responsible for making specific decisions regarding the practice of J?do Shinsh? in local sanghas. By focusing so closely, Ama reveals the contestation of immigrant communities faced with discrimination and exploitation in their new homes and with changing messages from Japan. Zusammenfassung Explores in detail the activities of individual Shin Buddhist ministers responsible for making specific decisions regarding the practice of J?do Shinsh? in local sanghas. By focusing so closely! Ama reveals the contestation of immigrant communities faced with discrimination and exploitation in their new homes and with changing messages from Japan.

Product details

• Authors: Michihiro Ama
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2011
• EAN: 9780824834388
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3438-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies; Pure Land Buddhist Studies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions