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Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples
- Title
- Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples / Paul David Numrich.
- Author
- Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
- Publication
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
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Details
- Description
- xxiv, 181 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-176) and index
- Contents
- Theravada Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism in America -- A study in Americanization -- Chicago : Wat Dhammaram -- Los Angeles : Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara -- Temple life and focus -- Chronologies of the schisms -- Underlying tensions -- The monastic staffs -- Vinaya in america : dilemmas and adaptations -- Ecumenism -- The parallelism thesis -- Evidence of parallelism -- Implications of parallelism -- Temple rituals and religious activities -- Festivals -- The second generation -- Spiritual biographies -- Personalities, perspectives, practices -- Lay Ordination -- Familiar themes -- The (re)emergence of a new theme.
- Call Number
- *OLWL 96-3768
- ISBN
- 087049905X (cl. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95004361
- OCLC
- 32275970
- Author
- Numrich, Paul David, 1952-
- Title
- Old wisdom in the New World : Americanization in two immigrant Theravada Buddhist temples / Paul David Numrich.
- Imprint
- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c1996.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-176) and index
- Research Call Number
- *OLWL 96-3768