So where are all those black Buddhists, then?

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dc.contributor.author	Clasquin, Michel
dc.date.accessioned	2009-08-25T13:06:54Z
dc.date.available	2009-08-25T13:06:54Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-25T13:06:54Z
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2566
dc.description	Previously unpublished conference paper, read at a Conference on “Performances of race in postcolonial South Africa”.	en
dc.description.abstract	For almost as long as population statistics have been kept in South Africa, census reports have reported the existence of hundreds of black Buddhists. And for nearly as long, it has been obvious that there are two Buddhist communities in this country: an Asian community that brought Buddhism with them as part of their heritage; and an overwhelmingly white convert community. Why should Buddhism, or any new religion for that matter, be a more popular choice among one racial group than another? This chapter examines the strange ways in which discourses of race, class, and faith have become intertwined in this country.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	Buddhism	en
dc.subject	Race	en
dc.subject	Class	en
dc.title	So where are all those black Buddhists, then?	en
dc.type	Other	en