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Contents Foreword vii Roger Daniels Introduction: Dislocations and Relocations of Issei Buddhists in the Americas ix Duncan Ryûken Williams and Tomoe Moriya Part 1. Nation and Identity 1. “Can I Put This Jizō Together with the Virgin Mary in the Altar?”: Creolizing Zen Buddhism in Brazil 5 Cristina Rocha 2. Bukkyōkai and the Japanese Canadian Community in British Columbia 27 Masako Iino Part 2. Education and Law 3. The Japanese Language School Controversy in Hawaii 45 Noriko Asato 4. The Legal Dimensions of the Formation of Shin Buddhist Temples in Los Angeles 65 Michihiro Ama Part 3. Race and Print Culture 5. Buddhist Modernism in English-Language Buddhist Periodicals 87 Lori Pierce 6. “Americanization” and “Tradition” in Issei and Nisei Buddhist Publications 110 Tomoe Moriya Part 4. Patriotism and War 7. The United States–Japanese War and Tenrikyo Ministers in America 141 Akihiro Yamakura 8. The Role of Buddhist Song Culture in International Acculturation 164 Keiko Wells Contributors 183 Index 185 ...