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Zusatztext A fascinating portrait of contemporary American Zen viewed through an unlikely lens: the Americanization of the mizuko kuyo ritual, which is a funeral of sorts for aborted and miscarried fetuses. Informationen zum Autor Jeff Wilson is Professor of Religious Studies, Renison College, University of Waterloo. He is also the founding chair of the Buddhism in the West program unit at the American Academy of Religion and a consulting editor for Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, the largest English-language Buddhist magazine. Klappentext This book discusses the surprising story of how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals in order to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. Wilson analyzes the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americanization of Buddhism. Zusammenfassung This book discusses the surprising story of how Asian immigrants, convert Buddhists, pro-life and pro-choice activists, and ordinary women have imported Japanese rituals in order to deal with one of the most divisive public issues in American society: abortion. Wilson analyzes the implications of these varied appropriations for the Americanization of Buddhism.
