Buddhist Architecture in America: Building for Enlightenment (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)
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First comprehensive overview and analysis of Buddhist architecture in North America following the parallel history of the religion's emergence in the U.S. since the California Gold Rush to the present day. A ground-breaking investigation of Buddhist structures with respect to the humanistic qualities associated with Buddhist doctrine and how Buddhist groups promote their faith and values in an American setting. A unique study of interest to religion, architecture, space and place, US history, Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies.
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First comprehensive overview and analysis of Buddhist architecture in North America following the parallel history of the religion's emergence in the U.S. since the California Gold Rush to the present day. A ground-breaking investigation of Buddhist structures with respect to the humanistic qualities associated with Buddhist doctrine and how Buddhist groups promote their faith and values in an American setting. A unique study of interest to religion, architecture, space and place, US history, Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies.
Robert Edward Gordon is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona, USA, and a Fellow at the UArizona Center for Buddhist Studies. His work encompasses a broad range of interests: Eastern art and architecture, art and economics, freedom and aesthetics, art and poverty, and humanistic geography. His writings can be found in The Wall Street Journal, the Japanese American National Museum's Traveling Exhibition, the journals Space and Culture, Philosophies, Social Philosophy and Policy, The Athenaeum Review, and others.
Title: Buddhist Architecture in America: Building for Enlightenment (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism)
Author: Gordon, Robert
ISBN: 9781032318455
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-11-18
Number of Pages: 172
Weight: 0.4301 kg
Buddhist Architecture in America: Building for Enlightenment is a magnificent contribution to the growing body of literature on Buddhism in America. It provides a brilliant and long overdue insight into an aspect of American Buddhism that has been needed for decades. Few authors have provided as comprehensive an insight into American Buddhism as Professor Gordon. It is a must read for all Buddhist Studies scholars.
Charles S. Prebish, Prof. Emeritus, Pennsylvania State University, USA
As my eyes sweep over the pages of Buddhist Architecture in America, I keep thinking, if I had read Dr. Gordon's book in the 1970s, my own understanding of architecture and religion and my own book Space and Place would be so much better! In the last phase of a very long life, I am happy to think that there can be genuine progress in scholarship.
Yi-Fu Tuan, (late) Prof. Emeritus, Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
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