TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barua,D.Mitra
TI  - Seeding Buddhism with multiculturalism: the transmission of Sri Lankan Buddhism in Toronto 
T2  - Advancing studies in religion
SN  - 9780773557604
AV  - BQ749.O585 T67 2019
U1  - 294.309713/541 23
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Montreal, Kingston, London, Chicago
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Ontario
KW  - Toronto
KW  - Sri Lanka
KW  - Colombo
KW  - Buddhists
KW  - Sri Lankans
KW  - Religion
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - Multiculturalism
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Intergenerational communication
KW  - Bouddhisme
KW  - Bouddhistes
KW  - Canadiens d'origine sri-lankaise
KW  - Identité ethnique
KW  - Multiculturalisme
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Communication entre générations
KW  - Sri-Lankais
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Toronto (Ont.)
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : studying the intercultural and intergenerational transmission of Buddhism -- Community formation of the Sri Lankan Buddhists in Toronto -- Dhamma education and the historical construction of Buddhist identities -- An inclusive and harmonious Buddhism : A Buddhist response to multiculturalism in Canada -- The intergenerational and intercultural negotiation of Buddhism -- Growing up as Sri Lankan Canadian Buddhists in Toronto -- Conclusion : making sense of the reconfigured Buddhism in Toronto
N2  - "Focusing on Sri Lankan Buddhists in Toronto, D. Mitra Barua argues that the Sri Lankan Buddhist tradition, not despite but because of the cultural adaptations to the Canadian context, has maintained its coherence and integrity. Sri Lankan Buddhists have succeeded in transmitting Buddhist beliefs, attitudes and practices onto their Canada-born youth who in turn have reconstructed their own distinct Buddhist identity influenced by the individualistic, egalitarian and secular cultural ambience in Toronto. This observation derives from a comprehensive research comprised of two surveys, over fifty in-depth interviews and fieldwork conducted in Toronto (Canada) and Colombo (Sri Lanka). What makes this study outstanding is its creative fieldwork and translocal analysis. The former displays researcher's simultaneous role of being (in) the field; the latter explains that pre-migration experiences of immigrants often shape and determine the success or failure of intergenerational transmission."--
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