Tartan Buddhists: A Typology for Understanding Participation in a Tibetan Buddhist Organization in Scotland

The purpose of this article is to provide a sociological typology for understanding the different types of practitioners within the Tibetan Buddhist organization, Rokpa International, in Scotland. It will be argued that the empirically derived criteria and Weber's (1978) sociological concepts o...

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Main Author: McKenzie, John Stephen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2012]
In: Fieldwork in religion
Year: 2012, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-28
Further subjects:B Status
B Tibetan Buddhism
B Authority
B Scotland
B Typology
B Power
B participants
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