Buddhist Architecture in America Building for Enlightenment

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Buddhist architecture in North America and provides an analysis of Buddhist architecture and communities. It will be of interest to religion, architecture, US history, Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies and libraries of Buddhist communities across the United States and the world.

Info autore

Robert Edward Gordon is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona, USA, and a Fellow at the UArizona Center for Buddhist Studies. His work encompasses a broad range of interests: Eastern art and architecture, art and economics, freedom and aesthetics, art and poverty, and humanistic geography. His writings can be found in The Wall Street Journal, the Japanese American National Museum's Traveling Exhibition, the journals Space and Culture, Philosophies, Social Philosophy and Policy, The Athenaeum Review, and others.

Riassunto

This book is the first comprehensive overview of Buddhist architecture in North America and provides an analysis of Buddhist architecture and communities. It will be of interest to religion, architecture, US history, Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies and libraries of Buddhist communities across the United States and the world.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert (University of Vermont Gordon, Gordon Robert, Robert Gordon
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 18.11.2022
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Architettura
• EAN: 9781032318455
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3231845-5
• Numero di pagine: 172
• Serie: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
• Categorie: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, North America, Buddhist life & practice, Religious buildings, North America (USA and Canada), Buddhist life and practice, Architecture: religious buildings, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, spatial analysis, sacred spaces, Religious architecture, cultural heritage studies, Buddhist temple construction in United States, Asian diaspora communities, humanistic design