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...

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.