Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965 by Masatsugu, Michael Kenji
Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965 by Masatsugu, Michael Kenji

Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965

Post-World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the US occupation of Japan, the Cold War,...
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Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965 by Masatsugu, Michael Kenji

Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965

$95.13
Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965 by Masatsugu, Michael Kenji

Reorienting the Pure Land: Nisei Buddhism in the Transwar Years, 1943-1965

$95.13
Author: Michael Kenji Masatsugu
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Post-World War II historical developments, including Japanese American resettlement, the US occupation of Japan, the Cold War, and decolonization in an emerging "Third World," created both a climate of uncertainty and possibility for the future of Japanese American Buddhism in the United States. As both a racial minority and as adherents of a non-Christian religious tradition with roots in Asia, Nikkei Buddhists faced distinct challenges in asserting their religion as part of their ethnic heritage. Adaptations associated with Nisei Buddhism sought to prioritize cultural assimilation as prescribed by US government officials and other proponents of racial liberalism, while also seeking to maintain Shin Buddhist tradition, claiming it as integral to Nikkei heritage and part of a tradition of American religious freedom. Nisei also presented Buddhism as a world religion, which served as more than a rhetorical strategy, since many Nisei extended their vision of the sangha (community of Buddhists) to include connections with Buddhists in Japan and South and Southeast Asia. But Nisei Buddhism's emerging influence among American Shin Buddhist communities would be challenged by converts and a younger generation of more progressive Nikkei during the 1960s.

Reorienting the Pure Land is the first historical study of Nisei Shin Buddhists in the United States during the tumultuous period between World War II and the early decades of the Cold War. This book examines Nisei-led adaptations to American Shin Buddhist institutions and organizations in an effort to reconstitute Nikkei Buddhist communities following the end of World War II and release from US-government-sponsored concentration camps.

Taking a transnational perspective, this text establishes the importance of Buddhism in shaping networks in the United States and across the globe, and is the first to highlight the centrality of ethnic Buddhism in building the terms of racial inclusion and the construction of Asian Americans as a model minority. In addressing themes of religious adaptation, cultural nationalism, and global connection, Reorienting the Pure Land makes new contributions to the fields of Japanese American history, the history of Buddhism in America, and the study of Cold War racial liberalism.

Author: Michael Kenji Masatsugu
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: 07/31/2023
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780824895532

About the Author
Michael K. Masatsugu is associate professor of history and director of the Program in American Studies at Towson University.


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