Issei Buddhism in the Americas

by Duncan Williams, Tomoe Moriya, Duncan Ryūken Williams

Rich in primary sources and featuring contributions from scholars on both sides of the Pacific, Issei Buddhism in the Americas upends boundaries and categories that have tied Buddhism to Asia and illuminates the social and spiritual role that the religion has played in the Americas. While Buddhists in Japan had long described the migration of the religion as traveling from India, across Asia, and ending in Japan, this collection details the movement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252077199
• ISBN13: 9780252077197
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"