Dixie dharma : inside a Buddhist temple in the American South / Jeff Wilson.
| Author/creator | Wilson, Jeff |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2012. |
| Description | viii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: encounters at a multidenominational temple in the South -- Bringing a regional perspective to American Buddhism -- The gift of light: Buddhist circuit riders and new religious developments in Richmond, Virginia -- The Buddhist confederacy: differentiation and identity in Buddhist spaces -- There's no such thing as "not my Buddhism": hybridity, boundary-crossing, and the practice of pluralistic Buddhism -- Buddhism with a Southern accent: American Buddhists in a Southern culture -- The reality of our collective karma: slave trade meditation vigil as Southern Buddhist ritual -- Conclusion: Buddhas on the backstretch. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011036322 |
| ISBN | 9780807835456 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807835455 (cloth : alk. paper) |