Book Summary
This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the New Kadampa Tradition (NKT) and the Order of Buddhist Contemplatives (OBC). The key contributions of recent scholarship are evaluated and organized thematically to provide a framework for analysis, and the history and current landscape of contemporary Tibetan and Zen Buddhist practice in Britain are also mapped out. A number of patterns and processes identified elsewhere are exemplified, although certain assumptions made about the nature of 'British Buddhism' are subjected to critical scrutiny and challenged.
Book Details
Book Name | Tibetan And Zen Buddhism In Britain: Transplantation, Development And Adaptation |
Author | David N. Kay |
Publisher | Routledge/curzon (Jan 2004) |
ISBN | 9780415297653 |
Pages | 260 |
Language | English |
Price | 8629 |