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Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs in America: A Short History (Religion in American Life)

By Raymond Williams , Gurinder Singh Mann , Paul Numrich

Book information

Year
2007
ISBN
019533311X, 9780195333114, 9781435617698
LCC
BL2525 .M356 2006
Open Library ID
OL10135300M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
947 kB (969283 bytes)
Pages
168\164
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion--and consequently culture--is "remade in the U.S.A." Peppered with stories of individual people and how they actually live their religion, this informative book gives an overview of each religion's beliefs, a short history of immigration--and discrimination--for each group, and how immigrants have adapted their religious beliefs since they arrived. Along the way, the roles of men and women, views toward dating and marriage, the relationship to the homeland, the "brain drain" from Asia of scientists, engineers, physicians, and other professionals, and American offshoots of Asian religions, such as the Hare Krishnas and Transcendental Meditation (TM), are discussed.

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