Duncan Ryûken Williams is an associate professor of Japanese Buddhism and the chair of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Tomoe Moriya is a professor of international communication at Hannan University, Japan.

"In expanding the geographical frame of scholarly narratives and appealing to new primary sources, Issei Buddhism in the Americas opens bold new conversations about Buddhism in the western hemisphere."--Thomas Tweed, author of Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Dislocations and Relocations of IsseiBuddhists in the AmericasPART 1. NATION AND IDENTITY1. "Can I Put This Jizo Together with the Virgin Mary in the Altar?": Creolizing Zen Buddhism in Brazil2. Bukkyokai and the Japanese Canadian Community in British ColumbiaPART 2. EDUCATION AND LAW3. The Japanese Language School Controversy in Hawaii4. The Legal Dimensions of the Formation of Shin Buddhist Temples in Los AngelesPART 3. RACE AND PRINT CULTURE5. Buddhist Modernism in English-Language Buddhist Periodicals6. "Americanization" and "Tradition" in Issei and Nisei Buddhist PublicationsPART 4. PATRIOTISM AND WAR7. The United States-Japanese War and Tenrikyo Ministers in America8. The Role of Buddhist Song Culture in International AcculturationContributorsIndex

Duncan Ryûken Williams is an associate professor of Japanese Buddhism and the chair of the Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California Berkeley. Tomoe Moriya is a professor of international communication at Hannan University, Japan.

"In expanding the geographical frame of scholarly narratives and appealing to new primary sources, Issei Buddhism in the Americas opens bold new conversations about Buddhism in the western hemisphere."--Thomas Tweed, author of Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion

• Table of ContentsIntroduction: Dislocations and Relocations of IsseiBuddhists in the AmericasPART 1. NATION AND IDENTITY1. "Can I Put This Jizo Together with the Virgin Mary in the Altar?": Creolizing Zen Buddhism in Brazil2. Bukkyokai and the Japanese Canadian Community in British ColumbiaPART 2. EDUCATION AND LAW3. The Japanese Language School Controversy in Hawaii4. The Legal Dimensions of the Formation of Shin Buddhist Temples in Los AngelesPART 3. RACE AND PRINT CULTURE5. Buddhist Modernism in English-Language Buddhist Periodicals6. "Americanization" and "Tradition" in Issei and Nisei Buddhist PublicationsPART 4. PATRIOTISM AND WAR7. The United States-Japanese War and Tenrikyo Ministers in America8. The Role of Buddhist Song Culture in International AcculturationContributorsIndex