American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912 Victorian Culture and the Limits of Dissent

Name: American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912 Victorian Culture and the Limits of Dissent
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ISBN: 9780807849064

ISBN-10: 0807849065

ISBN-13: 9780807849064

Edition: 2000

Authors: Thomas A. Tweed

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In this landmark work, Thomas Tweed examines nineteenth-century America's encounter with one of the world's major religions. Exploring the debates about Buddhism that followed upon its introduction in this country, Tweed shows what happened when the transplanted religious movement came into contact with America's established culture and fundamentally different Protestant tradition. The book, first published in 1992, traces the efforts of various American interpreters to make sense of Buddhism in Western terms. Tweed demonstrates that while many of those interested in Buddhism considered themselves dissenters from American culture, they did not abandon some of the basic values they shared…

Book details

List price: $37.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 11/6/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.64" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Foreword



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


A Note on Foreign Terms


Introduction



"The Seeming Anomaly of Buddhist Negation": The American Conversation about Buddhism, 1844-1877, and the Contours of Mid-Victorian Culture



"Shall We All Become Buddhists?": The Conversation and the Converts, 1879-1912



Esoterics, Rationalists, and Romantics: A Typology of Euro-American Buddhist Sympathizers and Adherents, 1875-1912



"Walking in Fairyland": Buddhism's Appeal and Cultural Dissent



Strolling Down Main Street: Cultural Consent and the Accessibility of Buddhism



Optimism and Activism: Responses to Buddhism, Victorian Religious Culture, and the Limits of Dissent


Postscript: Buddhism in America after 1912


Tables


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index