Description
Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in The usa explores the challenges that Asian immigrants face when their religion–and in consequence culture–is “remade in the usA.” Peppered with stories of individual people and how they in fact live their religion, this informative book gives an overview of each and every religion’s beliefs, a short history of immigration–and discrimination–for each and every group, and how immigrants have adapted their religious beliefs since they arrived. Along the best way, the jobs of women and men, views toward dating and marriage, the connection to the hometown, the “brain drain” from Asia of scientists, engineers, physicians, and other professionals, and American offshoots of Asian religions, such as the Hare Krishnas and Transcendental Meditation (TM), are discussed.