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Description: Asian Religions in America by Tweed, Prothero This book presents the American encounter with Asian religions through a range of documents - written and visual from elite and popular culture- dating from 1788 to the present. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Asian religions have a long and intriguing history in America. For over two centuries, Asian immigrants have been coming to America and bringing their religions with them. Some Americans have reacted with alarm to the arrival of heathen religions on American shores, while others have taken refuge in lamas from Tibet, yogis from India, and Zen masters from Japan. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History is the first text to show thebreadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions. Ranging from 1784 to the present, it features over one hundred excerpts and dozens of illustrations drawn from literature, art, music, sports,philosophy, theology, politics, and law. Selections discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Shinto, Confucianism, and Taoism and their places in the American religious landscape. Martial artist Bruce Lee, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, Beatles star John Lennon, Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, African-American activist Frederick Douglass, Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, and dozens of lesser-known immigrants and Asian Americans are all represented. The editors have provideda general historical introduction, an overview of Asian religions, four section introductions, and concise explanatory headnotes for each entry. The volume is further enhanced by helpful referencematerials including a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and an index. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History serves as an exceptional text for courses in Asian religions, world religions, and religion in America, and is also enlightening reading for academics and general readers. Author Biography Thomas A. Tweed is at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Stephen Prothero is at Boston University. Table of Contents PrefaceThomas A. Tweed: General IntroductionIntroduction to Asian ReligionsPART I. ORIENTATIONS, 1784 TO 1840Introduction1. VIEWS FROM ABROADAmasa Delano, Narrative of Voyages and Travels (1817)Christian Disciple, An Account of the Sikhs in India (1814)Robert Morrisons Letter from China (1809)Adoniram and Ann Judson, A Mission in Burma (1832)2. VIEWS FROM HOMEBenjamin Franklins Oriental Tale (1788)Joseph Priestley, A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses with Those of the Hindoos and Other Ancient Nations (1799)John Adams to Thomas Jefferson (1813-14)William Bentley on Asian Trade in Salem (1794-1804)Hannah Adams, A Dictionary of All Religions (1817)Charles A. Goodrich, Religious Ceremonies and Customs (1832)PART II. ENCOUNTERS, 1840 TO 19243. EAST TO AMERICA: IMMIGRANT LANDINGSFrederick Douglass, Our Composite Nationality (1869)Fung Chee Pang, The Confucian Sage and the Mongolian Bible (1876)Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)Frederick J. Masters, Pagan Temples in San Francisco (1892)Shuye Sonoda, Buddhism in the Kingdom of Liberty (1899)Saint Nihal Singh, The Picturesque Immigrant From Indias Coral Strand (1909)Swami Paramananda, Christ and Oriental Ideals (1923)United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923)4. ROMANCING THE ORIENT: LITERARY ENCOUNTERSRalph Waldo Emerson, Plato and Brahma (1857, 1850)Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849)Bret Harte, The Heathen Chinee (1870)Walt Whitman, Passage to India (1870)T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922)5. JOURNEYS IN THE STUDYWebsters Dictionary on Hinduism and Buddhism (1828, 1849, 1864)Lydia Maria Francis Child, The Progress of Religious Ideas (1855)James Freeman Clarke, Ten Great Religions (1871)6. POSTCARDS FOR THE PEWS: MISSIONARIES AND THEIR CRITICSM. L. Gordon, An American Missionary in Japan (1892)Mark Twain, The United States of Lyncherdom (1901)Myra E. Withee, Is Buddhism to Blame? (1902)7. THE WORLDS PARLIAMENT OF RELIGIONSJohn Henry Barrows, Words of Welcome (1893)Swami Vivekananda, Hinduism (1893)Anagarika Dharmapala, The Worlds Debt to Buddha (1893)Soyen Shaku, Reply to a Christian Critic (1896)8. TURNING EAST: SYMPATHIZERS AND CONVERTSHenry Steel Olcott, Old Diary Leaves and the Buddist Catechism (1900, 1881)Sister Christine, Memories of Swami Vivekananda (1945)Paul Carus, The Dharma (1898)Marie de Souza Canavarro, Insight into the Far East (1925)William Sturgis Bigelow to Kwanryo Naobayashi (1895)PART III. EXCLUSION, 1924 to 1965Introduction9. CLOSED PORTS AND OPEN CAMPSAsian Exclusion Act (1924)President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order No. 9066 (1942)Nyogen Senzaki, Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy (1978)Shigeo Kikuchi, Memoirs of a Buddhist Woman Missionary in Hawaii (1991)Julius Goldwater, Wartime Buddhist Liturgy (1940s)10. HINDU CROSSINGS: GURUS AND DISCIPLESKrishnalal Shridharani, Hindus are Human Beings (1941)Swami Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)Krishnamurti, The Turning Point (1975)John Yale, What Vendanta Means to me (1960)11. BUDDHIST CROSSINGS: MASTERS AND STUDENTSDaisetz Teitaro Suzuki, What is Zen? (1959)Dwight Goddard, Followers of Buddha: An American Brotherhood (1934)Jack Kerouac, Dharma Bums (1958)Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen: A Method for Religious Awakening (1959)Elson B. Snow, Entry into the Dharma Gate (1994)12. ARTISTS, PREACHERS, AND MISSIONARIESE. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Indian Road (1925)Mersene Sloan, The Indian Menace (1929)Howard and Sue Bailey Thurman Meet Mahatma Gandhi (1936)John Cage, Lecture on Nothing (1949)PART IV. PASSAGES, 1965 TO THE PRESENTIntroduction13. COUNTERCULTURAL APPROPRIATIONSAlan Watts, Beginning a Counterculture (1972)Timothy Leary, The Buddha as Drop-Out (1968)Ram Dass, The Only Dance There Is (1974)14. ASIAN INDIAN GURUS, CONVERTS, AND MOVEMENTSA TM Catechism (1975)The Beatles and A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Pradhupada, Search for Liberation (1981)Yogi Bhajan, Awakening the Mind to Prayer (1984)Margaret Simpson, An Experience of Siddha Yoga Meditation (1991)Swami Satchidananda, Integral Yoga (1996)Elsie Cowan, Sai Baba and the Resurrection of Walter Cowan (1976)15. BUDDHIST TEACHERS, CONVERTS, MOVEMENTSShunryu Suzuki, Posture (1970)Chogyam Trungpa, Meditation in Action (1969)Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness (1975)An Interview with Roshi Jiyu Kennett (1986)Women, Buddhism, and Vipassana Meditation (1991)bell hooks, Waking Up to Racism (1994)Jacci Thompson-Dodd, Soka Gakkai and the Power of Chanting (1996)Bernard Glassman and Rick Fields, Recipes for Social Change (1996)16. INDIAN IMMIGRANTS: HINDU, JAIN, AND SIKHAnand Mohan, The Pilgrimage (1994)Rituals at Sri Venkateswara Temple (1995)Sri Ganesha Temple, Nashville, Recounting History and Nuturing Youth (1985-95)Hinduism in the Public Realm: Hinduism Today on Christianity and Cloning (1996)Jain Society of Metropolitan Chicago, An Ancient Heritage and a Promising Future (1993)Sikh Religious Society, Things That Make You Ask "Kion?" (1994)17. BUDDHIST IMMIGRANTSThe Buddhas Birthday in a Vietnamese-American Temple (1986)The Dalai Lama Meets the Buddhist Sangha Council of Southern California (1989)Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Viharas Tenth Anniverary (1990Later Generations of Japanese Americans on Jodo Shinshu (1990)Thai Youth Club, DJ or Not Were Still Upset (1994)Hsi Lai Temple, Buddhism Coming to the West (1997)18. ASIAN RELIGIONS IN AMERICAN CULTUREBruce Lee, Tao of Jeet Kune Do (1975)Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh (1982)Gary Synder, Smokey the Bear Sutra (1969)An Interview with Composer Philip Glass (1991)The Beastie Boys, Bodhisattva Vow (1994)Children Respond to Little Buddha (1994)Phil Jackson, If You Meet the Buddha in the Lane, Feed Him the Ball (1995)Amy Tan, The Kitchen Gods Wife (1991)19. INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUEThomas Merton, Letter from Asia (1968)Masao Abe and John Cobb, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (1981)Rodger Kamenetz, The Jew in the Lotus (1994)The Parliament of the Worlds Religions Centennial (1993)Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (1985)20. MAPPING LEGAL BOUNDARIES: RELIGION AND STATEJustice William Douglas, Asian Religions According to the Supreme Court (1965)U. S. Supreme Court, Even Buddhist Prisoners Have Rights (1972)Chief Justice William Rehnquist, The Krishna Religion (1992)Sikh Kirpans in Public Schools (1994)A Vietnamese Home Temple Zoning Dispute (1996)ChronologyFurther ReadingIndex Review "Excellent treatment of the Asian religious experience in America. Covers a breadth of views and opinions and offers a book one can leaf through and read at random or structure an Asian Humanities or American Religious Diversity class from." --Greg Wise, St. Leo University, Gainesville"This is a unique and original way to introduce the Asian religions and their manifestation in America. The useful introductions and the variety of voices give it a character not often found in other presentations."--S. Wesley Ariarajah, Drew University School of Theology"This book is a real treasure. Its strength is the freshness of material gathered together for the first time in a single place. I would definitely adopt it for my course on Religion in Multicultural America. I also think it will have a readership quite beyond classroom use, because much of the material is just good, interesting reading."--Diana L. Eck, Harvard University"My overall reaction is unmitigated enthusiasm. Tweed and Prothero have done an excellent and judicious job of putting together a rich and well-chosen set of documents that reveal the diverse and complex history and character of Asian religions in America."--Peter N. Gregory, University of Illinois"The skillful selection and editing of the documents, the useful overviews at the beginning of each section, and the informative introductions to each section should make the work an attractive choice for courses in American religion, Asian and world religions, and the Asian religions in America."--Carl T. Jackson, University of Texas, El Paso"An excellent collection of necessary documents for understanding the Americanization of Asian religions. At the very least it should be in every library."--Nathan Kollar, St. John Fisher College"An outstanding collection of sources for an expanding area of American religious history."--Lawrence Roast, Concordia Theological Seminary"A unique and very helpful addition to the resources available for the course in American religious history. Also, it might inspire the creation of a new course on Asian religion in U.S. society."--Charles Hambrick-Stone, Lancaster Theological Seminary"Very useful and long overdue."--Dianne Ashton, Rowan University"Marvelous range of coverage both historical and literary. Succinct introductions, helpful appendices, and just the right number of photographs to enhance the textual offerings. A truly fine book."--Vivian-Lee Nyitray, University of California-Riverside"A thorough, scholarly assessment of the subject, presented in a balanced and even-handed manner."--Grayson Carter, Methodist College, NC"A wonderful anthology--and most useful in my Introduction to Asian Religions course."--William R. Goodman, Lynchburg College"From beginning to end, Tweed and Prothero have put together a most engaging and insightful map of the shifting landscape of the American encounter with the religious traditions of Asia (xiii)... This superb resource for clarifying our current context should find its way into courses in world/Asian religions, religion in America, and mission and global Christianity in universities, seminaries, and congregations. It should be in libraries, generally, whetheracademic, congregational, or community."Missiology: An International Review Long Description Asian religions have a long and intriguing history in America. For over two centuries, Asian immigrants have been coming to America and bringing their religions with them. Some Americans have reacted with alarm to the arrival of heathen religions on American shores, while others have taken refuge in lamas from Tibet, yogis from India, and Zen masters from Japan. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History is the first text to show thebreadth and depth of the American encounter with Asian religions. Ranging from 1784 to the present, it features over one hundred excerpts and dozens of illustrations drawn from literature, art, music, sports, philosophy, theology, politics, and law. Selections discuss Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism,Shinto, Confucianism, and Taoism and their places in the American religious landscape. Martial artist Bruce Lee, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, Beatles star John Lennon, Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, African-American activist Frederick Douglass, Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Nhat Hanh, and dozens of lesser-known immigrants and Asian Americans are all represented. The editors have provided a general historical introduction, an overview of Asian religions, four section introductions, andconcise explanatory headnotes for each entry. The volume is further enhanced by helpful reference materials including a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and an index. Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History serves as an exceptional text for courses inAsian religions, world religions, and religion in America, and is also enlightening reading for academics and general readers. Review Text "Excellent treatment of the Asian religious experience in America. Covers a breadth of views and opinions and offers a book one can leaf through and read at random or structure an Asian Humanities or American Religious Diversity class from." --Greg Wise, St. Leo University, Gainesville"This is a unique and original way to introduce the Asian religions and their manifestation in America. The useful introductions and the variety of voices give it a character not often found in other presentations."--S. Wesley Ariarajah, Drew University School of Theology"This book is a real treasure. Its strength is the freshness of material gathered together for the first time in a single place. I would definitely adopt it for my course on Religion in Multicultural America. I also think it will have a readership quite beyond classroom use, because much of the material is just good, interesting reading."--Diana L. Eck, Harvard University"My overall reaction is unmitigated enthusiasm. Tweed and Prothero have done an excellent and judicious job of putting together a rich and well-chosen set of documents that reveal the diverse and complex history and character of Asian religions in America."--Peter N. Gregory, University of Illinois"The skillful selection and editing of the documents, the useful overviews at the beginning of each section, and the informative introductions to each section should make the work an attractive choice for courses in American religion, Asian and world religions, and the Asian religions in America."--Carl T. Jackson, University of Texas, El Paso"An excellent collection of necessary documents for understanding the Americanization of Asian religions. At the very least it should be in every library."--Nathan Kollar, St. John Fisher College"An outstanding collection of sources for an expanding area of American religious history."--Lawrence Roast, Concordia Theological Seminary"A unique and very helpful addition to the resources available for the course in American religious history. Also, it might inspire the creation of a new course on Asian religion in U.S. society."--Charles Hambrick-Stone, Lancaster Theological Seminary"Very useful and long overdue."--Dianne Ashton, Rowan University"Marvelous range of coverage both historical and literary. Succinct introductions, helpful appendices, and just the right number of photographs to enhance the textual offerings. A truly fine book."--Vivian-Lee Nyitray, University of California-Riverside"A thorough, scholarly assessment of the subject, presented in a balanced and even-handed manner."--Grayson Carter, Methodist College, NC"A wonderful anthology--and most useful in my Introduction to Asian Religions course."--William R. Goodman, Lynchburg College"From beginning to end, Tweed and Prothero have put together a most engaging and insightful map of the shifting landscape of the American encounter with the religious traditions of Asia (xiii)... This superb resource for clarifying our current context should find its way into courses in world/Asian religions, religion in America, and mission and global Christianity in universities, seminaries, and congregations. It should be in libraries, generally, whetheracademic, congregational, or community."Missiology: An International Review Review Quote "Very useful and long overdue."--Dianne Ashton, Rowan University Promotional "Headline" Preface Thomas A. Tweed: General Introduction Introduction to Asian Religions Part 1. Orientations, 1784-1840 Introduction 1. Views from Abroad Amasa Delano, Narrative of Voyages and Travels (1817) Christian Disciple, An Account of the Sikhs in India (1814) Mr. Morrisons Letter from China (1809) Adoniram and Ann Judson, A Mission in Burma (1832) 2. Views from Home Benjamin Franklins Oriental Tale (1788) Joseph Priestley, A Comparison of the Institutions of Moses with those of the Hindoos and Other Ancient Nations (1799) John Adams to Thomas Jefferson (1813-14) William Bentley on Asian Trade in Salem (1794-1804) Hannah Adams, Dictionary of All Religions (1817) Charles A. Goodrich, Asian Religious Ceremonies and Customs (1832) Part 2. Encounters, 1840-1924 3. East to America: Immigrant Landings Frederick Douglass, Our Composite Nationality (1869) Fung Chee Pang, The Chines Sage and the Mongolian Bible (1876) Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) Frederick J. Masters, Pagan Temples in San Francisco (1892) Shuye Sonoda to Paul Carus (1899) Saint Nihal Singh, The Picturesque Immigrant From Indias Coral Strand (1909) Swami Paramananda, Christ and Oriental Ideals (1923) United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind (1923) 4. Romancing the Orient: Literary Passages Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plato and Brahma (1850, 1857) Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (1849) Bret Harte, The Heathen Chinee (1870) Walt Whitman, Passage to India (1871) T. S. Eliot, The Waste Land (1922) 5. Journeys in the Study Websters Dictionary on Hinduism and Buddhism (1828, 1849, 1864) Lydia Maria Child, The Progress of Religious Ideas (1855) James Freeman Clarke, Ten Great Religions (1871) 6. Postcards for the Pews: Missionaries and Their Critics M. L. Gordon, An American Missionary in Japan (1892) Mark Twain, The United States of Lyncherdom (1901) Myra E. Withee, Is Buddhism to Blame? (1902) 7. The Worlds Parliament of Religions John Henry Barrows, Words of Welcome (1893) Swami Vivekananda, Hinduism (1893) Anagarika Dharmapala, Thw Worlds Debt to Buddha (1893) Soyen Shaku, Reply to a Christian Critic (1896) 8. Turning East: Sympathesizers and Converts Henry Steel Olcott, The Buddhist Catechism (1900, 1881) Sister Christine, Memories of Swami Vivekananda (1945) Paul Carus, The Dharma (1898) Marie Canavarro, Insight into the Far East (1925) William Sturgis Bigelow to Kwanryo Naobayashi (1895) Part 3. Exclusion, 1924-1965 Introduction 9. Closed Ports and Open Camps Asian Exclusion Act (1924) President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Executive Order No. 9066 (1942) Nyogen Senzaki, Like a Dream, Like a Fantasy (1978) Shigeo Kikuchi, Memoirs of a Buddhist Woman Missionary in Hawaii (1991) Julius Goldwater, Wartime Buddhist Liturgy (1940s) 10. Hindu Crossings: Gurus and Disciples Krishnalal Shridharani, Hindus are Human Beings (1941) Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946) Krishnamurti, The Turning Point (1975) John Yale, What Vendanta Means to me (1960) 11. Buddhist Crossings: Masters and Students D. T. Suzuki, What is Zen? (1959) Dwight Goddard, Followers of Buddha: An American Brotherhood (1934) Jack Kerouac, Dharma Burns (1958) Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen: A Method for Religious Awakening (1959) Elson B. Snow, Entry into the Dharma Gate (1994) 12. Artists, Preachers, and Missionaries E. Stanley Jones, The Christ of the Indian Road (1925) Mersene Sloan, The Indian Menace 91929) Howard and Sue Bailey Thurman, Meet Mahatma Gandhi (1936) John Cage, Lecture on Nothing (1949) Part 4. Passages, 1965 to the Present Introduction 13. Countercultural Appropriations Alan Watts, Beginning a Counterculture (1972) Timothy Leary, The Buddha as Dr Feature First book to trace the path of Asian religions encounters with America through historical documents and writings Features over one hundred reading selections--representing both elite and popular culture--dating from the late eighteenth century to contemporary times and including works from the martial artist Bruce Lee, Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist, Beatles star John Lennon, Chinese-American writer Amy Tan, African-American activist Frederick Douglass,and the Vietnamese BuddhistTan Nhat Hanh Contains over forty illustrations and visual documents Editors original material includes a general historical introduction, four section introductions, and concise explanatory comments for each reading Concluding useful reference materials include a detailed chronology, suggestions for further reading, and an index Details ISBN019511339X Short Title ASIAN RELIGIONS IN AMER Language English ISBN-10 019511339X ISBN-13 9780195113396 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1998 Subtitle A Documentary History Country of Publication United States Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Pages 432 DOI 10.1604/9780195113396 AU Release Date 1998-12-03 NZ Release Date 1998-12-03 US Release Date 1998-12-03 UK Release Date 1998-12-03 Edited by Prothero Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Publication Date 1998-12-03 DEWEY 200.8995073 Illustrations 36 halftones, 5 line illustrations Audience Tertiary & Higher Education Author Prothero We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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