Part one: background. Introduction -- The American Buddhist landscape -- Very basic Buddhism -- Three vehicles -- The American setting -- Part two: major traditions. Introduction -- Jodo Shinshu: America's old-line Buddhists -- Soka Gakkai and its nichiren humanism -- Zen and its flagship institutions -- The Tibetan milieu -- The Theravada spectrum -- Other Pacific rim migrations -- Part three: selected issues. Introduction -- Gender equity -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Intra-Buddhist and interreligious dialogue -- Making sense of Americanization -- Profiles -- Chronology
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