[PDF.85xm] Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies)

Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies)

[PDF.fu01] Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies)

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||1 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| United by Kimchi|By Phillip Cha|A pioneering book on Korean American Buddhism. Sharon A. Suh, professor of theology and religious studies at Seattle University, focuses her study on Sa Chal--a Korean buddhist temple in Los Angeles--exploring how their religious practices and doctrines are used to bring about self-transformation. Along the way, the book touches upon issues perta| |"The book as a whole does a superb job of describing what it means to be a Buddhist at a Korean ethnic temple in the United States as an immigrant. It surely captures the 'lived experience' of these practitioners by expanding on the meaning of Buddhism in thei

Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism, for these Buddhists, serves as a source of empowerment and as a wellspring of practical and spiritual relief from myriad everyday troubles.

Painful life events and circumstances--...

You easily download any file type for your device.Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies)   |  Sharon A. Suh. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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