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Title Wild geese : Buddhism in Canada / edited by John S. Harding, Victor Sōgen Hori and Alexander Soucy
Published Montreal ; Ithaca, NY : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description xvii, 456 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents Openings. How do we study buddhism in Canada? / Victor Sõgen Hori Asian reformers, global organizations an exploration of the possibility of a "Canadian Buddhism" / Alexander Soucy -- Histories and overviews. Looking East Japanese Canadians and Jodo Shinshu buddhism, 1905-1970 / Terry Watada Buddhism after the seventies / Henry C.H. Shiu Buddhism in Canada a statistical overview from Canadian censuses, 1981-2001 / Peter Beyer -- From global to local. Jodo Shinshu in Southern Alberta from rural Raymond to Amalgamation / John S. Harding That Luang the journey and relocation of Lao Buddhism to Canada / Marybeth White Transforming ordinary life turning to Zen Buddhism in Toronto / Patricia Q. Campbell The woodenfish program Fo Guang Shan, Canadian Youth, and a new generation of Buddhist missionaries / Lina Verchery Shambhala international the golden sun of the great East / Lynn P. Eldershaw -- From local to global. Globalization and modern transformation of Chinese Buddhism in three Chinese temples in Eastern Canada / Tannie Liu The Tzu Chi Merit Society from Taiwan to Canada / André Laliberté and Manuel Litalien A relationship of reciprocity globalization, skilful means, and Tibetean Buddhism in Canada / Sarah F. Haynes -- Lives. Albert low a quest for a truthful life / Mauro Peressini / Suwanda H.J. Sugunasiri Buddhist / Victor Sõgen Hori and Janet McLellan
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [407]-429)
Notes Print version record
Subject Buddhism -- Canada -- History.
Author Harding, John S., 1971-
Hori, Victor Sōgen.
Soucy, Alexander Duncan, 1968-
LC no. 2010481839
ISBN 0773536663 (bound)
0773536671 (paperback)
9780773536661 (bound)
9780773536678 (paperback)
Other Titles Buddhism in Canada