Buddhism in Canada
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Ajahn Chah
Asian diaspora studies
BLIA
buddhist
Buddhist Church
Buddhist Communities
Buddhist community development in Canada
Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi
Buddhist Groups
Case Study
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Chinese Buddhist
Chinese Community
community
Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation
Dharma Centre
Di Da
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Euro-Canadian spiritual practices
Greater Toronto Area
groups
hanh
immigrant religious communities
japanese
Japanese Canadians
land
Luang Phor
multiculturalism research
nhat
pure
Pure Land
Pure Land Tradition
regional religious diversity
religio-cultural pluralism
Sri Lankan
temple
Theravada Tradition
thich
Tibetan Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhist
Tiep Hien Order
Trungpa Rinpoche
Vietnamese Buddhist
Zen Centre
Product details
- ISBN 9780415322799
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 09 Mar 2006
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
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.
