Race and religion in American Buddhism : white supremacy and immigrant adaptation /

Joseph Cheah examines how the racial ideology of white supremacy has been played out in the two different ways by which convert Buddhists and sympathizers and Burmese ethnic Buddhists have adapted Buddhist religious practices to the American context.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cheah, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:American Academy of Religion academy series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Joseph Cheah examines how the racial ideology of white supremacy has been played out in the two different ways by which convert Buddhists and sympathizers and Burmese ethnic Buddhists have adapted Buddhist religious practices to the American context.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 178 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199918874
0199918872
9780199843152
0199843155