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| Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West | |
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| Profiling Global Buddhism: A Description of the Landscape | |
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| Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures | |
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| The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West | |
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| Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West | |
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| Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West: The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies | |
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| Diffusion: The Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries | |
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| Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects | |
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| American Buddhism in the Making | |
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| Buddhism in Canada | |
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| The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand | |
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| Buddhism in South Africa | |
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| Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society | |
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| Buddha in the Promised Land: Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel | |
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| Change: Adaptations and Innovations | |
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| Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II | |
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| The Translating Temple: Diasporic Buddhism in Florida | |
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| Repackaging Zen for the West | |
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| Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism | |
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| Lifestyle: Being a Buddhist in Western Societies | |
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| The Challenge of Community | |
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| Buddhist Nuns: Changes and Challenges | |
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| Neither Monk nor Nun: Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners | |
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| Virtues without Rules: Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement | |
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| Buddhism Facing New Challenges | |
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| The Roar of the Lioness: Women's Dharma in the West | |
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| Engaged Buddhism: Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization | |
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| The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology | |
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| A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation": Buddhism, Art, and Modernity | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| List of Contributors | |
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| Index | |