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Cox, Laurence (2014) Buddhism in Ireland: the inner life of world-systems. Etudes Irlandaises, 39. ISSN 0183-973X
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Abstract
This article uses a world-systems perspective to analyse the development of Buddhism in Ireland, in particular the post-1990 period which saw a tenfold increase in those formally identifying as Buddhist. This shift is a result both of Ireland’s new positioning in global economic and migrant flows, and of the changed ethno-political meaning of religion in Irish society. More broadly, Buddhism has moved from an exotic or counter-cultural positioning to a partial respectability. Nonetheless many practical problems remain in negotiating a Buddhist identity in Ireland.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keywords: | Religion; Buddhism; Vivian Butler Burke; migration; creolisation; |
| Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: | 5630 |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Laurence Cox |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Dec 2014 16:41 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Etudes Irlandaises |
| Publisher: | Universitaires du Septentrion |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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