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American Dharma
Language: en
Pages: 375
Authors: Ann Gleig
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-02-26 - Publisher: Yale University Press

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The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fa
Dharma in America
Language: en
Pages: 192
Authors: Pankaj Jain
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-11-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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America now is home to approximately five million Hindus and Jains. Their contribution to the economic and intellectual growth of the country is unquestionable.
Revealing the Sacred in Asian and Pacific America
Language: en
Pages: 361
Authors: Jane Iwamura
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-10-11 - Publisher: Routledge

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Asian and Pacific Islander Americans constitute the fastest-growing racial group in the United States. They are also one of the most religiously diverse. Throug
Getting Saved in America
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Carolyn Chen
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-31 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

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What does becoming American have to do with becoming religious? Many immigrants become more religious after coming to the United States. Taiwanese are no differ
Mindful America
Language: en
Pages: 281
Authors: Jeff Wilson
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-07-01 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Thirty years ago, "mindfulness" was a Buddhist principle mostly obscure to the west. Today, it is a popular cure-all for Americans' daily problems. A massive an