The Buddhists in Australia
- ISBN-10
- 0644459069
- ISBN-13
- 9780644459068
- Category
- Religion / Buddhism / History
- Pages
- 71
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- Australian Government Publishing Service
- Authors
- Philip J. Hughes, Enid Adam
Description
Provides an account of the early development of Buddhism in Australia and describes the way it is practiced and organized in Australia. It outlines how recent immigration from Asia has resulted in the proliferation of Buddhist communities in the light of 1991 Census data and includes an examination of contempory Australian Buddhists.
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