New Approaches to the Study of Japanese American Buddhism

CJRC Japanese American Religion and Society Project

• Date:
  Saturday, December 8, 2012
  
• Time:
  10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
• Organizer:
  Kana Yoshida
• Campus:
  University Park Campus
• Venue:
  Doheny Memorial Library (DML)
• Room:
  East Asian Seminar Room (110C)
• Cost:
  Free
• Phone:
  (213) 821-4365
• Email:
  kanay@dornsife.usc.edu

Summary:

Three scholars of Japanese American Buddhism take on established narratives of Buddhism in the West, Japanese American religiosity, and the significance of Japanese American Buddhism to American life.

Description:

This workshop requires registration and the prior reading of the three research papers.  The three papers will cover the prewar period, Buddhism in the wartime period, and the emergence of a Japanese American Buddhism in the postwar period.  

Please contact CJRC (cjrc@dornsife.usc.edu) for copies of the papers.