Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the transLocal flow of Global Buddhist culture.
Divided into three parts (Histories
Traditions
Frames), this introduction traces Buddhism\'s history and encounter with North American culture, charts the landscape of US Buddhist communit.
Buddhism in America provides the most comprehensive and up to date survey of the diverse landscape of US Buddhist traditions, their history and development, and current methodological trends in the study of Buddhism in the West, located within the transLocal flow of Global Buddhist culture