Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941

by Michihiro Ama

Book Overview

Religious acculturation is typically seen as a one-way process: The dominant religious culture imposes certain behavioral patterns, ethical standards, social values, and organizational and legal requirements onto the immigrant religious tradition. In this view, American society is the active partner in the relationship, while the newly introduced tradition is the passive recipient being changed. Michihiro Ama's investigation of the early period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824834380
• ISBN13: 9780824834388
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"