Global Shin Buddhism And Ritual Practice Histories Transformations And Localisations

This book explores the globalisation of Shin Buddhism (also known as Jōdo Shinshū – the name by which it is referred to in this book) through an examination of ritual practice and its transformations in four main areas: Japan the United States and Hawai’i South America and Europe. Interrogating conservative and mono-ethnic images of Shin Buddhism linked to the preservation of Japanese identity in diaspora communities it offers a complex picture of this form of Buddhism as multi-ethnic multi-lingual and ever-changing. Drawing on historical sources as well as fieldwork conducted in sites from three continents the study shows the dynamic and transnational routes and local transformations of contemporary Shin Buddhism. The book further considers a range of ritual expressions of Shin Buddhism including spatiality and architecture; music; embodiment and performance; and ritual adaptations to new virtual environments since the Covid-19 pandemic. All the authors are ordained Shin Buddhist priests as well as academics and bring a perspective which is informed both by academic research and by their first-hand experience of Shin Buddhism including participation in ritual training. An analysis of Shin Buddhism as a global religion this book will be of interest to students and scholars of religious studies Anthropology and the sociology of religion. It will also be of interest to researchers in Buddhist Studies and Asian Religions in particular those interested in Buddhism as a world religion and Buddhist modernism. The Open Access version of this book available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license. |Global Shin Buddhism and Ritual Practice Histories Transformations and Localisations