Becoming Buddhist : Experiences of Socialization and Self-Transformation in Two Australian Buddhist Centres
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Continuum Advances in Religious Studies
ISBN-10
1350101028
ISBN-13
9781350101029
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint
Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 21st, 2019
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
430 grams
Dimensions
15.60 x 23.30 x 2.10 cms
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What does it mean to be a Western Buddhist? For the predominantly Anglo-Australian
affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an
answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own
participant-observation experience.Practitioners''
prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices—and
their experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation—are
examined with respect to their roles in practitioners'' appropriation of the
Buddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path to
enlightenment.Religious commitment is
experienced as a decision-point, itself the effect of the individual''s
experimental immersion in the Centre''s activities.During this time the claims of the Buddhist
worldview are tested against personal experience and convictions.
affiliates of two Western Buddhist centres in Australia, the author proposes an
answer to this question, and finds support for it from interviews and her own
participant-observation experience.Practitioners''
prior experiences of experimentation with spiritual groups and practices—and
their experiences of participation, practice and self-transformation—are
examined with respect to their roles in practitioners'' appropriation of the
Buddhist worldview, and their subsequent commitment to the path to
enlightenment.Religious commitment is
experienced as a decision-point, itself the effect of the individual''s
experimental immersion in the Centre''s activities.During this time the claims of the Buddhist
worldview are tested against personal experience and convictions.
Using rich ethnographic data and Lofland and
Skonovd''s experimental conversion motif as a model for theorizing the stages of
involvement leading to commitment, the author demonstrates that this study has
a wider application to our understanding of the role of alternative religions
in western contexts.
Skonovd''s experimental conversion motif as a model for theorizing the stages of
involvement leading to commitment, the author demonstrates that this study has
a wider application to our understanding of the role of alternative religions
in western contexts.
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