Dixie dharma : inside a Buddhist temple in the American South /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Wilson, Jeff (Jeff Townsend)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Subjects:	Buddhism > Southern States. Southern States > Religious life and customs. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: encounters at a multidenominational temple in the South
Bringing a regional perspective to American Buddhism
The gift of light: Buddhist circuit riders and new religious developments in Richmond, Virginia
The Buddhist confederacy: differentiation and identity in Buddhist spaces
There's no such thing as "not my Buddhism": hybridity, boundary-crossing, and the practice of pluralistic Buddhism
Buddhism with a Southern accent: American Buddhists in a Southern culture
The reality of our collective karma: slave trade meditation vigil as Southern Buddhist ritual
Conclusion: Buddhas on the backstretch.