| Description |
xvi, 416 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Orientations, 1784 to 1840. Views from abroad -- Views from home. Encounters, 1840 to 1924. East to America : immigrant landings -- Romancing the orient : literary encounters -- Journeys in the study -- Postcards for the pews : missionaries and their critics -- The world's parliament of religions -- Turning east : sympathizers and converts. Exclusion, 1924 to 1965. Closed ports and open camps -- Hindu crossings : gurus and disciples -- Buddhist crossings : masters and students -- Artists, preachers, and missionaries. Passages, 1965 to the present. Countercultural appropriations -- Asian Indian gurus, converts, and movements -- Buddhist teachers, converts, and movements -- Asian Indian immigrants : Hindu, Jain, and Sikh -- Buddhist immigrants -- Asian religions in popular and elite culture -- Interreligious dialogue -- Mapping legal boundaries : religion and state |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-406) and index |
| Subject |
Asians -- United States -- Religion -- Sources.
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114280 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010
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United States -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140498 -- Sources.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010
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| Author |
Prothero, Stephen R.
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Tweed, Thomas A.
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| LC no. |
98017674 |
| ISBN |
0195113381 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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019511339X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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