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This article examines the process by which Buddhism became a "religion" in Meiji Japan (1868-1912).

This article examines the process by which Buddhism became a "religion" in Meiji Japan (1868-1912).

Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies. Immigrants to the Pure Landexplores in detail the activities of individual Shin Buddhist ministers responsible for making specific decisions regarding the practice of Jodo Shinshu in local sanghas

Series: Pure Land Buddhist Studies. Published by: University of Hawai'i Press. Immigrants to the Pure Landexplores in detail the activities of individual Shin Buddhist ministers responsible for making specific decisions regarding the practice of Jodo Shinshu in local sanghas. The strategies employed, whether accommodation to the dominant religious culture or assertion of identity, uncover the history of an American church in the making.

Start by marking Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization .

Start by marking Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 as Want to Read: Want to Read savin. ant to Read. Michihiro Ama's investigation of the early period of Jodo Shinshu in Hawai'i and the United States sets a new standard for investigating the processes of religious acculturation and a radically new way of thinking about these processes. Most studies of American religious history are conceptually grounded in a European perspectival position, regarding the . as a continuation of trends and historical events that begin in Europe.

Michihiro Ama, Immigrants to the Pure Land: The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941 Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2011. isbn 978-0-8248-3438-8. It is well known that the movement of Shin Buddhism which accompanied Japanese immigrants to the United States constituted the largest importation of any Asian religion to America in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Less recognized, however, has been the internal complexity of that history.

Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2011. Starting with these reflections, this presentation explores some of the issues highlighted by these institutional voices and seeks to put them in conversation with other publications and public talks by priests as a first step to better understanding the challenges facing contemporary Shin Buddhists.

to the Pure Land : The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941.

Immigrants to the Pure Land : The Modernization, Acculturation, and Globalization of Shin Buddhism, 1898-1941. Saved in: Bibliographic Details. Main Author: Ama, Michihiro. a Front Cover - Contents - Preface - Acknowledgments - Translation of Terms - Introduction - Chapter One The Modern Development of Shin Buddhism - Chapter Two Changes in Organizational Style - Chapter Three The Development of Shin Buddhist Ministries in North America - Chapter Four The Transformation of Shin Buddhist Rituals and Architecture.

Pure Land Buddhism, also referred to as Amidism in English, is a broad branch of Mahayana Buddhism and one of the most widely practiced traditions of Buddhism in East Asia. Pure Land is a tradition of Buddhist teachings that are focused on the Buddha Amitābha. The three primary texts of the tradition, known as the "Three Pure Land Sutras", are the Longer Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Infinite Life Sutra), Amitayurdhyana Sutra (Contemplation Sutra) and the Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra (Amitabha Sutra).

Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World . Religion, Multiple Identities, and Acculturation: A Study of Muslim Immigrants in Belgium

Paul O. Ingram - 2002 - Buddhist-Christian Studies 22 (1):214-217. Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World. Religion, Multiple Identities, and Acculturation: A Study of Muslim Immigrants in Belgium. François Mathijsen & Vassilis Saroglou - 2007 - Archive for the Psychology of Religion 29 (1):177-198. Humanizing the Understanding of the Acculturation Experience with Phenomenology. ISBN-13: 9780824834388. Religious acculturation is typically seen as a one-way process: The dominant religious culture imposes certain behavioral patterns, ethical standards, social values, and organizational and legal requirements onto the immigrant religious tradition. In this view, American society is the active partner in the relationship, while the newly introduced tradition is the passive recipient being changed.

Ama’s study is most successful in addressing Shin Buddhism’s close collaboration with and support of the .

Ama’s study is most successful in addressing Shin Buddhism’s close collaboration with and support of the Japanese community, which contributed to the early Shin success in Hawaiʻi and North America. This ethnic dimension denotes the Shin churches’ relatively distant relation with the politics of its host society. The expansion of Shin Buddhism during the 1930s could be rendered as a process whereby both Japanese and Euro-American Buddhists helped the institution to forge a multi-race public image.