Bruce Matthews is the Dean of Arts and C.B. Lumsden Professor of Comparative Religion at Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada.
摘要
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.
目次
List of contributors ix Foreword xii Preface xvi 1 Buddhism in British Columbia 1 2 Buddhism in Alberta 30 3 Buddhism in Saskatchewan and Manitoba 43 4 Buddhist diversity in Ontario 59 5 Buddhism in the Greater Toronto area: the politics of recognition 85 6 Lao Buddhism in Toronto: a case study of community relations 105 7 Buddhism in Québec 120 8 Blurred boundaries: Buddhist communities in the Greater Montréal region 142 9 Buddhism in Atlantic Canada 151 Appendix: buddhismcanada.com: a decade in cyber-samsara 162 Index 167
