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Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender and Community in a Korean American Temple (American Ethnic and Cultural Studies) (4th Edition) by Sharon A. Suh Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2004 ISBN-10: 0-295-98378-7 / 0295983787 ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98378-3 / 9780295983783 Challenging Western notions of Buddhism as a self-effacing path to rebirth and enlightenment, Sharon Suh shows how first-generation Korean Americans at Sa Chal Temple in Los Angeles have applied Buddhist doctrines to the project of finding and knowing the self in everyday life. Buddhism, for these B |