Cosmopolitan dharma : : race, sexuality, and gender in British Buddhism / / by Sharon E. Smith, Sally R. Munt, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip.

• Superior document: Numen book series ; v. 152
• Author: Smith, Sharon E., 1962-2011.
• TeilnehmendeR: Munt, Sally.; Yip, Andrew Kam-Tuck, 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2016.
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Numen Book Series 152.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (306 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; 1 Thinking Through the Cultural Politics of Race, Sexuality and Gender in Western Buddhism /; 2 Researching British Buddhism: Epistemological and Methodological Reflections /; 3 The Culture of the Friends of Western Buddhist Order /; 4 The Friends of Western Buddhist Order as Context for ‘Self-Fashioning’ /; 5 The Culture of Sōka Gakkai International in the uk /; 6 The Sōka Gakkai International in the uk as Context for ‘Self-Fashioning’ /; 7 Cosmopolitan Dharma: Diversity and the Embracing of the ‘Other’ in Western Buddhism /; Glossary of Terms /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-277) and index.
• ISBN: 900423280X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by Sharon E. Smith, Sally R. Munt, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip.

Within Western Buddhism, practitioners are often assumed to be white and middle-class. Based in ground-breaking empirical research, Cosmopolitan Dharma: Race, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism explores the stories of Buddhists from minority communities, through a rich analysis of their lived experiences. Smith, Munt and Yip explore their various contestations of dominant white and heteronormative cultures in Western Buddhism. Using cosmopolitanism as the theoretical lens, Cosmopolitan Dharma argues convincingly that the Buddhist ethos of human interconnectivity needs to be further developed to truly embrace the ‘Other’ of different kinds (not least Western Buddhism’s own internal ‘Others’). Cosmopolitan Dharma , through Buddhists’ own narratives, explores how cultural politics from the ground up can offer a more inclusive philosophy and lived experience of spirituality.