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| Contesting “Conversion” and “Reversion” among Young Adult Asian American Buddhists | ||
| 作者 | Han, Chenxing (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.10 n.4 |
| 出版日期 | 2019.04 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Asian American; Buddhism; young adult; conversion; reversion; identity |
| 摘要 | This paper engages the perspectives of thirty young adult Asian American Buddhists (YAAABs) raised in non-Buddhist households. Grounded in semi-structured, one-on-one in-person and email interviews, my research reveals the family tensions and challenges of belonging faced by a group straddling multiple religious and cultural worlds. These young adults articulate their alienation from both predominantly white and predominantly Asian Buddhist communities in America. On the one hand, they express ambivalence over adopting the label of “convert” because of its Christian connotations as well as its associations with whiteness in the American Buddhist context. On the other hand, they lack the familiarity with Asian Buddhist cultures experienced by second- or multi-generation YAAABs who grew up in Buddhist families. In their nuanced responses to arguments that (1) American convert Buddhism is a non-Asian phenomenon, and (2) Asians in the West can only “revert” to Buddhism, these young adults assert the plurality and hybridity of their lived experiences as representative of all American Buddhists, rather than incidental characteristics of a fringe group within a white-dominated category. |
| 目次 | 1. Introduction: A Diverse Group of “First-Gen” Asian American Buddhists 2. Straddling Spiritual and Cultural Worlds 3. Contesting Conversion 4. Debating Reversion 5. Multiplicity of Identity Will Be the Norm 6. Conclusion: Articulating Their Own Identities |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10040261 |
| 點閱次數 | 176 |
| 建檔日期 | 2021.11.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.06.19 |
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