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Article: Buddhism in America & Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America.(Book Review)
- Article from:
- Buddhist-Christian Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
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BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Richard Hughes Seager. Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.
LUMINOUS PASSAGE: THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF BUDDHISM IN AMERICA. By Charles S. Prebish. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1999.
These two books are general overviews of Buddhist religion as practiced in America. (1) Buddhism in America is written for a general audience, even for readers unfamiliar with Buddhism, and would work well as a textbook. Luminous Passage presupposes some familiarity with the topic of Buddhism in America, and is addressed mainly to fellow scholars and supporters of ...