Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America

A Short History

Gurinder Singh Mann, Paul Numrich, Raymond Williams (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

172 Seiten

2007
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-533311-4 (ISBN)

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This book explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion - and consequently culture - is 'remade in the USA'. Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this informative book gives an overview of each religion's beliefs, a short history of immigration - and discrimination - for each group, and how immigrants have adapted their religious beliefs since they arrived. Along the way, the roles of men and women, views towards dating and marriage, the relationship to the homeland, the 'brain drain' from Asia of scientists, engineers, physicians, and other professionals, and American offshoots of Asian religions, such as the Hare Krishnas and Transcendental Meditation (TM), are discussed.

Introduction
1: Buddhism Comes to America
2: Buddhists Adapt and Explore
3: Buddhism's Growth and Popularity
4: Hindus Come to America
5: Hindus at Home
6: Hindu Temples
7: The Sikh Identity
8: Sikhs Come to America
9: American Sikhism Evolves
Chronology
Further Reading
Index

Reihe/Serie	Religion in American Life
Zusatzinfo	8 pp halftone plates
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	141 x 209 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10	0-19-533311-X / 019533311X
ISBN-13	978-0-19-533311-4 / 9780195333114
Zustand	Neuware