G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series
資料類型
書籍=Book
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
Carol A. Mortland is a retired professor and the coeditor (with David W. Haines) of Manifest Destinies: Americanizing Immigrants and Internationalizing Americans, and (with May M. Ebihara and Judy Ledgerwood) Cambodian Culture Since 1975: Homeland and Exile.
摘要
Cambodian Buddhism in the United States is the first comprehensive anthropological study of Khmer Buddhism as practiced by Khmer refugees in the United States. Based on research conducted at Khmer temples and sites throughout the country over a period of three and a half decades, Carol A. Mortland uses participant observation, open-ended interviews, life histories, and dialogues with Khmer monks and laypeople to explore the everyday practice of Khmer religion, including spirit beliefs and healing rituals. This ethnography is enriched and supplemented by the use of historical accounts, reports, memoirs, unpublished life histories, and family memorabilia painstakingly preserved by refugees. Mortland also traces the changes that Cambodians have made to religion as they struggle with the challenges of living in a new country, learning English, and supporting themselves. The beliefs and practices of Khmer Muslims and Khmer Christians in the United States are also reviewed.
目次
Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Khmer Buddhism Beliefs 17 Chapter 3 Rituals of Khmer Buddhism 29 Chapter 4 Non Buddhist Cambodians 51 Chapter 5 Rebuilding Khmer Buddhism 77 Chapter 6 Temple Expansion 99 Chapter 7 Religious Personnel 115 Chapter 8 Temple Organization 149 Chapter 9 Beyond the Temple 173 Chapter 10 Congregation 187 Chapter 11 Temple Contributions 217 Chapter 12 Temple Difficulties 245 Chapter 13 Additional Difficulties 273 Chapter 14 Epilogue 297 Appendix Khmer Buddhist Temples in the United States 315 Glossary 317 Bibliography 321 Index 343
