The Buddhist Experience in America
- ISBN-10
- 0313324913
- ISBN-13
- 9780313324918
- Category
- Religion / General
- Pages
- 372
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Diane Morgan
Description
Explores how Buddhism--the world's fourth-largest religion --came to and flourished in the United States.
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