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Cosmopolitan dharma: race, sexuality, and gender in British Buddhism
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:07 authored by Sharon E Smith, Sally Munt, Andrew Kam-Tuck YipWithin Western Buddhism, practitioners are often assumed to be white and middle class. Based in ground-breaking empirical research, Cosmopolitan Dharma: ‘Race’, Sexuality, and Gender in British Buddhism explores the stories of Buddhists from minority communities, through a rich analysis of their lived experiences. Smith, Munt and Yip explore their various contestations of dominant white and heteronormative cultures in Western Buddhism. Using cosmopolitanism as a theoretical lens, Cosmopolitan Dharma argues convincingly that the Buddhist ethos of human interconnectivity needs to be further developed to truly embrace the ‘Other’ of different kinds (not least Western Buddhism’s own internal ‘Others’). Cosmopolitan Dharma, through Buddhists’ own narratives, explores how cultural politics from the ground up can offer a more inclusive philosophy and lived experience of spirituality.
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BrillExternal DOI
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152Pages
290.0Place of publication
Leiden, The NetherlandsISBN
9789004232792Series
Numen book series: studies in the history of religionsDepartment affiliated with
- Media and Film Publications
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2016-01-21Usage metrics
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