Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Editor’s Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. The Japanese-Brazilian Junction: Establishing Zen Missions 23
7. 2. Non-Japanese Brazilians and the Orientalist Shaping of Zen 63
8. 3. The Brazilian Religious Field: Where does Zen Fit In? 91
9. 4. The Brazilian Imaginary of Zen: Global Influences, Rhizomatic Forms 127
10. 5 Doing Zen, Being Zen: Creolizing ‘‘Ethnic’’ and ‘‘Convert’’ Buddhism 153
11. Conclusion Translocal Flows: The ‘‘Meditodrome’’ as a Zen Style of Governing 193
12. Notes 199
13. Bibliography 233
14. Index 249
15. About the Author 257