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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 1 Thinking Through the Cultural Politics of Race, Sexuality and Gender in Western Buddhism / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 2 Researching British Buddhism: Epistemological and Methodological Reflections / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 3 The Culture of the Friends of Western Buddhist Order / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 4 The Friends of Western Buddhist Order as Context for ‘Self-Fashioning’ / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 5 The Culture of Sōka Gakkai International in the uk / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 6 The Sōka Gakkai International in the uk as Context for ‘Self-Fashioning’ / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- 7 Cosmopolitan Dharma: Diversity and the Embracing of the ‘Other’ in Western Buddhism / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- Glossary of Terms / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- Bibliography / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip -- Index / Sharon E. Smith , Sally R. Munt and Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip.