Scott A. Mitchell: Buddhism in America (2016, Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc)
302 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2016 by Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing PIc.
Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the translocal flow of global Buddhist culture.Divided into three parts (Histories; Traditions; Frames), this introduction traces Buddhism's history and encounter with North American culture, charts the landscape of US Buddhist communities, and engages current methodological and theoretical developments in the field. -- Provided by Publisher.
This is a really good book if you want to get a clearer understanding of various ways in which Buddhism came to America. It presents a solid framework for understanding religion in the current age and I found it very helpful to my understanding of Buddhism.
