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Cambodian Buddhism in the United States / Carol A. Mortland.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781438466651
  • 143846665X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cambodian Buddhism in the United States.DDC classification:
  • 294.309596/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ454
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Khmer Buddhism beliefs -- Non-Buddhist Cambodians -- Re-building Khmer Buddhism -- Temple expansion -- Religious personnel -- Organization -- Beyond the temple -- Congregation -- Temple contributions -- Temple difficulties -- Additional difficulties.
Summary: 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 This ethnography is enriched and supplemented by the use of historical accounts, reports, memoirs, unpublished life histories, and family memorabilia painstakingly preserved by refugees.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.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1563434

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Khmer Buddhism beliefs -- Non-Buddhist Cambodians -- Re-building Khmer Buddhism -- Temple expansion -- Religious personnel -- Organization -- Beyond the temple -- Congregation -- Temple contributions -- Temple difficulties -- Additional difficulties.

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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.