Buddhism in Canada

ISBN-13: 9780415758666 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 192 str.

Bruce Matthews

Opis

Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.

Recenzje

'[T]he benchmark for all later studies of Buddhism in Canada.' - G. Victor Hori, Studies in Religion, 36/2, 2007

Spis treści

1. Buddhism in British Columbia  2. Buddhism in Alberta  3. Buddhism in Saskatchewan and Manitoba  4. Buddhist Diversity in Ontario  5. Buddhism in the Greater Toronto Area: The Politics of Recognition  6. Lao Buddhism in Toronto: A Case Study of Community Relations  7. Buddhism in Québec  8. Blurred Boundaries: Buddhist Communities in the Greater Montréal Region  9. Buddhism in Atlantic Canada  Appendix: Buddhismcanada.com, a Decade in Cyber-Samsara

O autorze

Bruce Matthews is the Dean of Arts and C.B. Lumsden Professor of Comparative Religion at Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. A former Commonwealth scholar in Buddhist Civilization at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1970-71), he has a long-standing interest in Buddhism and the modern world.