{"product_id":"buddhism-beyond-borders-scott-a-mitchell-9781438456362","title":"Buddhism Beyond Borders: New Perspectives on Buddhism in the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2015 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeWord\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the Religion Category \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuddhism beyond Borders\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh consideration of Buddhism in the American context. It includes both theoretical discussions and case studies to highlight the tension between studies that locate Buddhist communities in regionally specific areas and those that highlight the translocal nature of an increasingly interconnected world. Whereas previous examinations of Buddhism in North America have assumed a more or less essentialized and homogeneous \"American\" culture, the essays in this volume offer a corrective, situating American Buddhist groups within the framework of globalized cultural flows, while exploring the effects of local forces. Contributors examine regionalism within American Buddhisms, Buddhist identity and ethnicity as academic typologies, Buddhist modernities, the secularization and hybridization of Buddhism, Buddhist fiction, and Buddhist controversies involving the Internet, among other issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott a. Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438456360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438456362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d","brand":"Scott a. Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096890974463,"sku":"9781438456362","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/buddhism-beyond-borders-scott-a-mitchell-9781438456362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}