Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization

by Linda Learman

This insightful volume dispels the common notion that Buddhism is not a missionary religion by revealing Asian Buddhists as active agents in the propagation of their faith. It presents at the same time a new framework with which to study missionary activity in both Buddhist and other religious traditions. Included are case studies of Theravada, Chinese, and Tibetan Buddhist teachers and congregations, as well as the Pure Land, Shingon, Zen, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828100
• ISBN13: 9780824828103
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"