Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in a Zen Buddhist Temple: A Perspective of Buddhist Rhetoric - Softcover
Synopsis
CHAPTER I. BUDDHISM AND RHETORIC: FROM AN
INTERCULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Buddhism in an Era of Globalization
Buddhism in the West
Buddhism and Technology
Defining Buddhist Rhetoric
The H temple and Its Unique Buddhist Rhetoric
CHAPTER II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF MODERN ZEN BUDDHISM IN
THE UNITED STATES
Brief History of Modern Zen Buddhism in the West
Modernization of Buddhism on A Global Scale
The Introduction of Buddhism to Ohio and the L city
Temple Setting and Activities
Temple Operation and Communication
Articulating Buddhist Rhetoric in the H temple: on the Intersection of Culture, Communication, and Rhetoric
Viewing the H temple as both Intercultural and Rhetorical
Competing Ideologies in the H temple: When East meets West
Observing the H temple as a Practitioner and Cultural Critic
CHAPTER III. THE TEMPLE'S PARADOX: MAINTAINING CULTURAL
TRADITIONS IN THE DISCOURSE OF MODERNIZATION AND
DEMOCRATIZATION
The Uniqueness of the Family Temple
as An Ideograph
The Married Abbot and Spousal Transmission: Pragmatism
of American Buddhism
The Role of abbot N: More than Just a Temple Wife
and as Ideographs
Sunday Morning Dharma School: A Buddhist Moral Education
From Dharma Teaching to Moral Education
Sangha: This is Where We Belong
Community Building through Membership
Seeing through the Ideographs: A Democratic American Buddhism ...
CHAPTER IV. CONSTRUCTING BUDDHIST IDENTITY AT THE H TEMPLE
Technology at the H temple and Identity Construction
Challenges from the Cyberspace
A Buddhist Identity via Technology
Dealing with the Secret Buddhist Identity: Being Rational
and Trusting Yourself
The Secret Buddhist Identity
Mix-and-Match Buddhism for Individual Needs
The Power of Naming: Rituals, Members, and Objects
Experiencing Dharma Names in a Foreign Discourse
When Names Are Transplanted: An Orientalist Approach
Temple as the Sacred Space in Constructing Identity
Sacred Gaze in the Sacred Space
New Dimensions and Meanings of the Buddhist Identity
CHAPTER V. THE BUDDHIST RHETORIC OF THE H TEMPLE: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE AN AMERICAN BUDDHIST?
Rethinking the Buddhist Experience
Buddhist Rhetoric Revisited: through the Lens of Modernism
Looking Forward-A Postmodern Buddhism
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