Exploring Soto Zen in Peru

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Main Author: McKenzie, Germán
Publication Date: 2016
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Language: eng
Source: Rever (São Paulo. Online)
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Summary: Soto Zen has grown in importance in Peru since 2005, a phenomenon that has not yet been well studied. To analyze such a process, this research uses the “processive modes” theory as developed by M. Baumann and the Rational Choice Theory as applied to religion by R. Stark and R. Finke. It draws upon qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews and written questionnaires conducted in two stages, the first one between 2007 and 2009, and the second one in 2013, as well as through participant observation. This study concludes that after deploying important organizational, institutional, communicational and financial resources, today’s Soto Zen presence in Peru can be characterized by the drive to adapt its tradition to Peruvians on the one hand, and maintaining a connection to its roots on the other. As a consequence of these two realities, the Soto Zen community is facing tensions between ordained leadership and lay members. These may jeopardize the strategic position the community has within the Peruvian religious marketplace. 
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
title Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
spellingShingle Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
McKenzie, Germán
Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
title_short Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
title_full Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
title_fullStr Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
title_sort Exploring Soto Zen in Peru
author McKenzie, Germán
author_facet McKenzie, Germán
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv McKenzie, Germán
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
topic Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
Zen Buddhism
Peru
transplantation
trans-national religion
description Soto Zen has grown in importance in Peru since 2005, a phenomenon that has not yet been well studied. To analyze such a process, this research uses the “processive modes” theory as developed by M. Baumann and the Rational Choice Theory as applied to religion by R. Stark and R. Finke. It draws upon qualitative data collected through semi-structured interviews and written questionnaires conducted in two stages, the first one between 2007 and 2009, and the second one in 2013, as well as through participant observation. This study concludes that after deploying important organizational, institutional, communicational and financial resources, today’s Soto Zen presence in Peru can be characterized by the drive to adapt its tradition to Peruvians on the one hand, and maintaining a connection to its roots on the other. As a consequence of these two realities, the Soto Zen community is facing tensions between ordained leadership and lay members. These may jeopardize the strategic position the community has within the Peruvian religious marketplace. 
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