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Smith, Buster G.
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.7 n.2 |
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| Date | 2006.11 |
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| Pages | 149 - 164 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Asians; Buddhism; Buddhist cults; Ethnographic analysis; Sociocultural factors; Buddhists |
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| Abstract | This paper analyzes Buddhism in America from a social, rather than individual, perspective. In particular, an effort is made to move from informative but limited case studies of Buddhism to a national empirical study of the religion. Using the location of Buddhist organizations within the United States as the dependent variable, difference of means testing and logistic regressions are employed to determine what areas are the most receptive to Buddhism. Applying concepts from a variety of ethnographic and indirect approaches to Buddhism, as well as studies of the general success of new religions, I find that both individual and social factors influence the development of Buddhism in the United States. Specifically, significant Asian populations, more college graduates, the presence of schools of higher education and lower levels of conventional religious affiliation are all conducive to the success of Buddhist religious groups. |
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| Table of contents | Methods and data 152
Results 154
Conclusion 159
Acknowledgements 161
Notes 161
References 162
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1080/14639940601025106 |
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| Hits | 341 |
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| Created date | 2007.11.22 |
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| Modified date | 2017.06.28 |
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