5. Globalization and the Pursuit of a Shared Understanding of the Absolute: The Case of Soka Gakkai in Brazil

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editor’s Preface vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Dharmapala’s Dharmaduta and the Buddhist Ethnoscape 22
7. 2. The Theravada Domestic Mission in Twentieth-Century Nepal 51
8. 3. Grafting Identity: The Hawaiian Branches of the Bodhi Tree 77
9. 4. Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invisibility of the Shingon Mission to the United States 101
10. 5. Globalization and the Pursuit of a Shared Understanding of the Absolute: The Case of Soka Gakkai in Brazil 123
11. 6. Being a Zen Buddhist Brazilian: Juggling Multiple Religious Identities in The Land of Catholicism 140
12. 7. Spreading Buddha’s Light: The Internationalization of Foguang Shan 162
13. 8. The Compassion Relief Diaspora 185
14. 9. Uniting Religion and Politics in a Bid for Autonomy: Lamas in Exile in China and America 210
15. List of Contributors 233
16. Index 235