A new term has come to the fore in German-speaking social sciences: notion of post-migrant society (postmigrantische Gesellschaft). It denotes an analytical concept scrutinise contempora...

List of Tables Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in West Martin Baumann and Charles S. Prebish PART I: PROFILING GLOBAL BUDDHISM: A DESCRIPTION OF THE LANDSCAPE 1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists Other Creatures Thomas A. Tweed 2. The Spectrum Buddhist Practice B. Alan Wallace 3. Protective Amulets Awareness Techniques, or How Make Sense Buddhism 4. Studying Spread Histories West: Emergence Western as New Subdiscipline within Studies II: DIFFUSION: HISTORIES BUDDHISM IN...

L'A. presente le concept de diaspora comme un outil permettant montrer comment les conditions externes affectent religions traditionnelles, lorsque communautes religieuses sont etablies dans des pays etrangers. Une fois libere sa restriction a l'histoire et l'experience juives, terme est plus en utilise pour se referer processus dispersion disloquees innombrables. choisi conceptualiser une categorie analytique qui permet qualifier differentes situations sert base travail transculturel comparatif.

Der Autor befasst sich in diesem Beitrag mit der Verbreitung des Buddhismus westlichen Welt. Dabei wird die historische nicht-asiatischen Regionen nachgezeichnet und verschiedene westliche Erscheinungsformen vorgestellt. Auch auf Unterschiede Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen traditionellen modernistischen Entwicklungen Text eingegangen.

An extraordinary survey, in four volumes, of the religious belief and practice all 276 world's nations territories. From Aboriginal Cult Maria Lionza Venezuela to Zionist Apostolic churches South Africa Zimbabwe, Religions World is only comprehensive compilation existing major communities. This four-volume survey examines history key communities 240 recognized More than 200 international experts contributed 1,200+ entries covering each group's origin, history, organization, ecumenical...

Since the second half of 20th century, immigrants and refugees from numerous countries have arrived in Switzerland. With their long-term settlement, immigrant minorities established cultural religious associations to maintain traditions teach children faith practices country origin. In contrast first generation, generation has had concurrent social influences Swiss ordinary school system cultural-religious parents. This article asks what extent young generations continued brought by parents...

Abstract Religions that are involved in processes of migration face a double challenge: they need to adapt the new environment due different socio-cultural and legal setting; at same time, faithful maintenance ritual practice, religious concepts, worldview, norms is prerequisite for continuation very tradition, warding off assimilation. Recent scholarship social cultural studies subsumed these under newly 'discovered' term diaspora. This article employs analyse aspects dynamics caused by...

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This survey article will point out and discuss existing studies sources which provide historical information of Buddhist developments in these Western, industrialized countries. The aspect influences on European philosophy psychology as well results East-West interaction cannot, unfortunately, be dealt with here. begin by mentioning the few general overviews, followed a stock-taking respective regional studies.

Processes of immigration and the importance religion among migrants have caught interest both researchers politicians. This article presents new empirical data from a study Tamil Hindu immigrants in Germany. Tamils Sri Lanka come to Germany as asylum seekers during 1980s 1990s. The majority are Hindus (about 46,000) who established some 25 temples over past two decades. In contrast previous ethnographic research on this immigrant group, applies quantitative statistical complement existing...

Abstract This paper handles the question concerning factors that control degree of adaptability a transplanted religion spread in culturally alien context. It will be argued assumed superiority both one's and culture are decisive for willingness to adapt or refuse adaptation. The theoretical issues illustrated by adoption Buddhism its early German followers. Thus, gives brief survey historical development Germany. Characteristics phases outlined as well state affairs Germany 1990's. Most...

(1995). Creating a European path to Nirvâna: Historical and contemporary developments of Buddhism in Europe. Journal Contemporary Religion: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 55-70.

Diaspora 6:3 1997 Shangri-La in Exile: Portraying Tibetan Studies and Reconsidering Diaspora(s) Martin Haumann University of Hanover Constructing Culture: Contemporary Perspectives. Ed. Frank J. Korom. Québec: World Heritage Press, 1997. Culture the Diaspora: Papers Presented at a Panel ofthe 7th Seminar International Association Studies, Graz, 1995. Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie Wissenschaften, The word "Tibet" awakens many people images "land snow," simplicity,...

"Prayer, Pop and Politics: Researching Religious Youth in Migration Society." Journal of Contemporary Religion, 35(1), pp. 132–133