The religious varieties of ethnic presence: a comparison between a Taiwanese immigrant Buddhist temple and an evangelical Christian church.

Sociology of Religion | June 22, 2002| | Copyright

It was the second day of the new millennium, Sunday, January 2, 2000. To inaugurate the beginning of the twenty-first century, Dharma Light Temple, (1) a Chinese Buddhist temple, hosted a "World Peace Day," inviting groups from different religious faiths in the community to share in a ceremony of prayer and blessing. Following the opening welcome delivered by the abbess in Mandarin and translated into English, the American national anthem was played, and the American flag was ceremoniously presented by six Taiwanese men in dark suits and white gloves, and, with proper ...

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