Buddhist architecture in America : building for enlightenment

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    • Gordon, Robert Edward

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Buddhist architecture in America : building for enlightenment

Robert Edward Gordon

(Routledge critical studies in Buddhism)

Routledge, 2023

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

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.

目次

  • Introduction
  • 1. Buddhism and Architecture: Space, Time, and Heart
  • 2. Buddhist Architecture and its Nineteenth-Century American Beginnings
  • 3. The Twentieth-Century Expansion of Architectonic Buddhism
  • 4. The Proliferation of Buddhist Architecture in America
  • 5. The Mandala Form and Buddhist Space in America
  • 6. Conclusions and Considerations

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