1st Edition

Buddhism in Canada

Edited By Bruce Matthews Copyright 2006
214 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

214 Pages
by Routledge

Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an... Read more

Foreword Paul Bramadat  Preface Bruce Matthews  Buddhism in British Columbia James Placzek and Larry DeVreis  Buddhism in Alberta Leslie Kawamura  Buddhism in Saskatchewan and Manitoba James G. Mullens  Buddhist Diversity in Ontario Kay Koppedrayer and Mavis L. Fenn  Buddhism in the Greater Toronto Area: The Politics of Recognition Janet McLellan  Lao Buddhism in Toronto: A Case Study of Community Relations Mary Beth White  Buddhism in Québec Louis-Jacques Dorais  Blurred Boundaries: Buddhist Communities in the Greater Montréal Region Mathieu Boisvert, Manuel Litalien and Francois Thibeault  Buddhism in Atlantic Canada Bruce Matthews  Appendix: Buddhismcanada.com, a Decade in Cyber-Samsara George Klima

Biography

Bruce Matthews is the Dean of Arts and C.B. Lumsden Professor of Comparative Religion at Arcadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada. A former Commonwealth scholar in Buddhist Civilization at the University of Ceylon, Peradeniya (1970-71), he has a long-standing interest in Buddhism and the modern world.

'[T]he benchmark for all later studies of Buddhism in Canada.' - G. Victor Hori, Studies in Religion, 36/2, 2007