Becoming Buddhist: Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist Centres: Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Autor Dr Glenys Eddyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 feb 2019
What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australianaffiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes ananswer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her ownparticipant-observation experience.Practitioners'prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices-andtheir experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation-areexamined with respect to their roles in practitioners' appropriation of theBuddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path toenlightenment.Religious commitment isexperienced as a decision-point, itself the effect of the individual'sexperimental immersion in the Centre's activities.During this time the claims of the Buddhistworldview are tested against personal experience and convictions.
Using rich ethnographic data and Lofland andSkonovd's experimental conversion motif as a model for theorizing the stages ofinvolvement leading to commitment, the author demonstrates that this study hasa wider application to our understanding of the role of alternative religionsin western contexts.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781350101029
ISBN-10: 1350101028
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1350101028
Pagini: 288
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Seria Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Presents contemporary views of religious conversion, and interrelated notions of religious seekerhood and identity transformation.
Notă biografică
Dr Glenys Eddy completed her doctoral thesis in the Department of Studiesin Religion at the University of Sydney in 2007. She currently works as aResearch Administrative Officer at the University of Sydney.
Cuprins
Foreword \ Acknowledgements \ Glossary \ 1. Approaching the Western Buddhist Experience \ 2. Instruction and Practice at the Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre \ 3. Self-Transformation through Vipassana Practice \ 4. Participation and Exploration at Vajrayana Institute \ 5. The Practice of Self-Transformation at Vajrayana Institute \ 6. An Overview of the Experimental Journey: Vipassana- and Vajrayana-Insights\ Appendices \ Notes \ References \ Index
Recenzii
'Becoming Buddhist explores the motivations and experiences of Western converts to Buddhism in an insightful and original way. This book is an invaluable resource for both scholars of Buddhism, and scholars of the contemporary Western spiritual marketplace.'