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This book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of Nordic Buddhism.
Buddhism in the Nordic Countries contributes to the growing literature on Buddhism in the West. Identifying a number of similar cultural and social trends that have been at work in the Nordic countries, the book shows that these have favoured the growth of Buddhism in northern Europe. The chapters on each of the Nordic countries describe the establishment of the main Buddhist traditions in the country, temple institutions, monasteries, demography, estimation on the number of Buddhists, geography, economy and funding. They discuss tensions between ethnic Buddhist and converts, if any, and controlling mechanisms of who is a proper Buddhist and how Buddhism should be presented in public space. The contributors analyse representation in media and images of Buddhism in popular culture and present relevant scholarly interest in Buddhism. Additionally, the book includes chapters on significant Buddhist individuals in the Nordic countries who have played major roles in the development of Buddhism.
The first book to examine the characteristics of Nordic Buddhism, its connection to the ideology of the Nordic welfare society and to establish if Nordic Buddhism might differ from other forms of Buddhism, this work will be of interest to researchers in the field of religious studies, religion in context and Buddhist studies.
Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
Contents
Chapter 1
Introduction: Buddhist converts and migrants in a Nordic setting
Chapter 2
Buddhism in Sweden: Religious institutions, secular applications and Christian meditations
Chapter 3
Ngawang and the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism in Sweden
Chapter 4
A Thai missionary for the Dhamma in Sweden: Ten Years of a monk in snowyland
Chapter 5
Buddhism in Denmark: Institutionalized Religion, Mindfulness and Cool Branding
Chapter 6
Buddhism in Norway: The strange story of the rebirth of the Buddha and Sariputra in the early twentieth century and other Buddhist histories and developments
Chapter 7
Buddhism in Finland: From Kalmyks to engaged activism
Chapter 8
Mauno Nordberg and early Buddhism in Finland
Chapter 9
Buddhism in Iceland: An overlooked companion
Chapter 10 Conclusion
