03778nam 22005535 450 991035020820332120230613185538.0981-13-8863-69789811388637(ebook)10.1007/978-981-13-8863-7(CKB)4100000008876935(DE-He213)978-981-13-8863-7(MiAaPQ)EBC5803011(EXLCZ)99410000000887693520190627h20192019 uy 0engurnn#---mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuilding and negotiating religious identities in a Zen Buddhist temple a perspective of Buddhist rhetoric /Fan ZhangSingapore :Springer,[2019]©20191 online resource (vi, 100 pages)981-13-8862-8 9789811388620 Includes bibliographical references.Chapter I. Buddhism and Rhetoric: From an Intercultural Perspective -- Chapter II. A Brief History of Modern Zen Buddhism in the United States -- Chapter III. The Temple's Paradox: Maintaining Cultural Traditions in the Discourse of Modernization and Democratization -- Chapter IV. Constructing Buddhist Identity at the H Temple -- Chatper V. The Buddhist Rhetoric of the H Temple: What does it Meam to be an American Buddhist? -- References.This book explores the practices in a Zen Buddhist temple located in Northwest Ohio against the backdrop of globalization. Drawing on the previous studies on Buddhist modernization and westernization, it provides a better understanding of the westernization of Buddhism and its adapted practices and rituals in the host culture. Using rhetorical criticism methodology, the author approaches this temple as an embodiment of Buddhist rhetoric with both discursive and non-discursive expressions within the discourses of modernity. By analyzing the rhetorical practices at the temple through abbots’ teaching videos, the temple website, members’ dharma names, and the materiality of the temple space and artifacts, the author discovers how Buddhist rhetoric functions to constitute and negotiate the religious identities of the community members through its various rituals and activities. At the same time, the author examines how the temple’s space and settings facilitate the collective the formation and preservation of the Buddhist identity. Through a nuanced discussion of Buddhist rhetoric, this book illuminates a new rhetorical methodology to understand religious identity construction. Furthermore, it offers deeper insights into the future development of modern Buddhism, which are also applicable to Buddhist practitioners and other major world religions.Zen BuddhismUnited StatesGlobalizationReligious aspectsReligion and cultureBuddhismBuddhismhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/1A2000Intercultural Communicationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N68000Applied Linguisticshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/N13000Zen BuddhismGlobalizationReligious aspects.Religion and culture.Buddhism.Buddhism.Intercultural Communication.Applied Linguistics.294.3Zhang Fanauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut982169BOOK9910350208203321Building and Negotiating Religious Identities in a Zen Buddhist Temple2273091UNINA