John S. Harding is Associate Professor in East Asian Religions at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.Victor Sogen Hori was formerly Associate Professor in Japanese Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University, Canada. He is also a former Buddhist monk.Alexander Soucy is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

The book especially provides an insight into the agency of Buddhist reformers, usually deemed as passively imitating the West in the modernization of Buddhism throughout Asia.

• AcknowledgmentsSpelling ConventionsContributor biographiesIntroductionPart One: World Religions1. Buddhism and the Secular Conception of Religion, Victor Sogen Hori, (McGill University, Canada) 2. Mapping Buddhism beyond East and West, John Harding (University of Lethbridge, Canada)3. Buddhism and Global Secularisms, David McMahan (Franklin and Marshall College, USA)4. Women and Vietnamese Buddhist Practice in the Shadow of Secularism, Alexander Soucy (Saint Mary's University, Canada)Part Two: Global Flows5. Socialism, Russia, and India's Revolutionary Dharma, Douglas Ober (University of British Columbia, Canada)6. D.T. Suzuki and the Chinese Search for Buddhist Modernism, Jingjing Li (Leiden University, Netherlands)7. Recent Emergence of Theravada Meditation Communities in Contemporary China, Ngar-sze Lau (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part Three: Asian Agencies8. Shin Buddhism in Choshu and Early Meiji Notions of Religion-State Relations, Mick Deneckere (University of Ghent, Belgium)9. Nanjo Bunyu's Sanskritization of Buddhist Studies in Modern Japan, Paride Stortini (University of Chicago, USA)10. An Alternative to the 'Westernization' Paradigm and Buddhist Global Imaginaires, Lina Verchery (Harvard University, USA)11. Glocalization in Buddhist Food Ventures on a Small Canadian Island, Jason Ellsworth (Dalhousie University, Canada)AppendixGlossaryBibliography Index

John S. Harding is Associate Professor in East Asian Religions at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.Victor Sogen Hori was formerly Associate Professor in Japanese Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University, Canada. He is also a former Buddhist monk.Alexander Soucy is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

The book especially provides an insight into the agency of Buddhist reformers, usually deemed as passively imitating the West in the modernization of Buddhism throughout Asia.

• AcknowledgmentsSpelling ConventionsContributor biographiesIntroductionPart One: World Religions1. Buddhism and the Secular Conception of Religion, Victor Sogen Hori, (McGill University, Canada) 2. Mapping Buddhism beyond East and West, John Harding (University of Lethbridge, Canada)3. Buddhism and Global Secularisms, David McMahan (Franklin and Marshall College, USA)4. Women and Vietnamese Buddhist Practice in the Shadow of Secularism, Alexander Soucy (Saint Mary's University, Canada)Part Two: Global Flows5. Socialism, Russia, and India's Revolutionary Dharma, Douglas Ober (University of British Columbia, Canada)6. D.T. Suzuki and the Chinese Search for Buddhist Modernism, Jingjing Li (Leiden University, Netherlands)7. Recent Emergence of Theravada Meditation Communities in Contemporary China, Ngar-sze Lau (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part Three: Asian Agencies8. Shin Buddhism in Choshu and Early Meiji Notions of Religion-State Relations, Mick Deneckere (University of Ghent, Belgium)9. Nanjo Bunyu's Sanskritization of Buddhist Studies in Modern Japan, Paride Stortini (University of Chicago, USA)10. An Alternative to the 'Westernization' Paradigm and Buddhist Global Imaginaires, Lina Verchery (Harvard University, USA)11. Glocalization in Buddhist Food Ventures on a Small Canadian Island, Jason Ellsworth (Dalhousie University, Canada)AppendixGlossaryBibliography Index

John S. Harding is Associate Professor in East Asian Religions at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.Victor Sogen Hori was formerly Associate Professor in Japanese Religion in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University, Canada. He is also a former Buddhist monk.Alexander Soucy is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Saint Mary's University, Canada.

The book especially provides an insight into the agency of Buddhist reformers, usually deemed as passively imitating the West in the modernization of Buddhism throughout Asia.

• AcknowledgmentsSpelling ConventionsContributor biographiesIntroductionPart One: World Religions1. Buddhism and the Secular Conception of Religion, Victor Sogen Hori, (McGill University, Canada) 2. Mapping Buddhism beyond East and West, John Harding (University of Lethbridge, Canada)3. Buddhism and Global Secularisms, David McMahan (Franklin and Marshall College, USA)4. Women and Vietnamese Buddhist Practice in the Shadow of Secularism, Alexander Soucy (Saint Mary's University, Canada)Part Two: Global Flows5. Socialism, Russia, and India's Revolutionary Dharma, Douglas Ober (University of British Columbia, Canada)6. D.T. Suzuki and the Chinese Search for Buddhist Modernism, Jingjing Li (Leiden University, Netherlands)7. Recent Emergence of Theravada Meditation Communities in Contemporary China, Ngar-sze Lau (Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)Part Three: Asian Agencies8. Shin Buddhism in Choshu and Early Meiji Notions of Religion-State Relations, Mick Deneckere (University of Ghent, Belgium)9. Nanjo Bunyu's Sanskritization of Buddhist Studies in Modern Japan, Paride Stortini (University of Chicago, USA)10. An Alternative to the 'Westernization' Paradigm and Buddhist Global Imaginaires, Lina Verchery (Harvard University, USA)11. Glocalization in Buddhist Food Ventures on a Small Canadian Island, Jason Ellsworth (Dalhousie University, Canada)AppendixGlossaryBibliography Index