Nationalism and Buddhist Youth Groups in the Japanese, British, and American Empires, 1880s-1930s

In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, Buddhists in imperial Japan, the British Raj, and the American empire developed lay-oriented youth groups. These groups' members developed intertwined ethnoreligious and national identities informed by Buddhists' relative status in t...

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Published in:Journal of global Buddhism 2021-01, Vol.22 (2), p.341-359
Main Author: Stein, Justin B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
20th century
Associations
Buddhism
Buddhists
Colonialism
History
Identity
Manual workers
Morality
Nationalism
Politics
Religion
Schools
Student organizations
Youth organizations
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Summary:In the decades around the turn of the twentieth century, Buddhists in imperial Japan, the British Raj, and the American empire developed lay-oriented youth groups. These groups' members developed intertwined ethnoreligious and national identities informed by Buddhists' relative status in these three empires. This article describes the trans-imperial development of early Buddhist youth groups, examines how these groups developed nationalist politics that were often intertwined with ethnic identity, and considers how the concept of "Buddhist youth" flattened differences unite lay Buddhists across various divides.
ISSN:1527-6457
1527-6457
DOI:10.528l/zenodo.4727657