Starkey, C orcid.org/0000-0002-7807-6617 and Tomalin, E orcid.org/0000-0001-7722-1192 (2016) Building Buddhism in England: The Flourishing of a Minority Faith Heritage. Contemporary Buddhism, 17 (2). pp. 326-356. ISSN 1463-9947
Abstract
From the earliest days of Buddhism in Britain, individuals and communities have sought out buildings to provide locations where they might practice and teach Buddhism. In this paper, we focus on this neglected area of the study of minority faith traditions in Britain. Our research, which was commissioned by Historic England, examines how Buddhist communities have used buildings and what this tells us about how a minority tradition is initially established and how it subsequently changes and develops. In this context, we suggest that buildings are more than bricks and mortar and provide a richly rewarding analytical lens to tell stories about migration, socio-economic status, religious diversity and integration, and the complexity of processes around secularisation and religious change, as well shifting policy agendas in the UK that have begun to take faith seriously. This contributes to deepening the picture of the migration and adaptation of Buddhism and Buddhist practice across the globe.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Contemporary Buddhism on 26th September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14639947.2016.1228330 |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > School of Philosophy (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Philosophy, Religion and History of Science (Leeds) > Theology and Religious Studies (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number English Heritage 6749 MAIN English Heritage 4D1 6749 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Aug 2016 11:38 |
Last Modified: | 26 Mar 2018 00:38 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2016.1228330 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14639947.2016.1228330 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:103739 |