Immigrants to the Pure Land : the modernization, acculturation, and globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 / Michihiro Ama.

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Ama, Michihiro

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Pure Land Buddhist studiesPublisher: Honolulu : University of Hawai�i Press, [2011]Copyright date: �2011Description: 1 online resource (330 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780824861049 (e-book)

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Electronic books.

DDC classification:

294.3/926 22

LOC classification:

BQ8712.9.U6 A43 2011

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Contents:

The modern development of Shin Buddhism -- Changes in organizational style -- The development of Shin Buddhist ministries in North America -- The transformation of Shin Buddhist rituals and architecture -- Shin Buddhist doctrine reconstructed -- A history of the Higashi Honganji in North America -- Local and translocal activities of Issei Shin Buddhist ministers -- Conclusion : rethinking acculturation in the postmodern world.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index.

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