Table of Contents
Theravada Buddhism -- Theravada Buddhism in America -- A study in Americanization -- Chicago : Wat Dhammaram -- Los Angeles : Dharma Vijaya Buddhist Vihara -- Temple life and focus -- Chronologies of the schisms -- Underlying tensions -- The monastic staffs -- Vinaya in america : dilemmas and adaptations -- Ecumenism -- The parallelism thesis -- Evidence of parallelism -- Implications of parallelism -- Temple rituals and religious activities -- Festivals -- The second generation -- Spiritual biographies -- Personalities, perspectives, practices -- Lay Ordination -- Familiar themes -- The (re)emergence of a new theme.