Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity 9780824865665
Widely perceived as an overwhelmingly Catholic nation, Brazil has experienced in recent years a growth in the popularity
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English Pages 270 Year 2005
Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Japanese-Brazilian Junction: Establishing Zen Missions
2. Non-Japanese Brazilians and the Orientalist Shaping of Zen
3. The Brazilian Religious Field: Where does Zen Fit In?
4. The Brazilian Imaginary of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms
5 Doing Zen, Being Zen: Creolizing ‘‘Ethnic’’ and ‘‘Convert’’ Buddhism
Conclusion Translocal Flows: The ‘‘Meditodrome’’ as a Zen Style of Governing
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Japanese-Brazilian Junction: Establishing Zen Missions
2. Non-Japanese Brazilians and the Orientalist Shaping of Zen
3. The Brazilian Religious Field: Where does Zen Fit In?
4. The Brazilian Imaginary of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms
5 Doing Zen, Being Zen: Creolizing ‘‘Ethnic’’ and ‘‘Convert’’ Buddhism
Conclusion Translocal Flows: The ‘‘Meditodrome’’ as a Zen Style of Governing
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
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- Cristina Rocha
