Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain (eBook)

Transplantation, Development and Adaptation

Lancaster David N (St. Martin's College UK) Kay (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2007
280 Seiten
Taylor and Francis (Verlag)
978-1-134-43046-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC). The key contributions of recent scholarship are evaluated and organised thematically to provide a framework for analysis, and the history and current landscape of contemporary Tibetan and Zen Buddhist practice in Britain are also mapped out. A number of patterns and processes identified elsewhere are exemplified, although certain assumptions made about the nature of ''British Buddhism'' are subjected to critical scrutiny and challenged.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.2.2007
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• ISBN-10: 1-134-43046-9 / 1134430469
• ISBN-13: 978-1-134-43046-8 / 9781134430468