Since the 1970s, tens of thousands of Vietnamese immigrants have settled in Louisiana, Florida, and other Gulf Coast states, rebuilding lives that were upended by the wars in Indochina.
For many, their faith has been an essential source of community and hope.
But how have their experiences as migrants influenced their religious practices and interpretations of Buddhist tenets? And how has organized religion shaped their understanding of what it means to be Vietnamese in the United States?.
University Of Washington Press Pure land in the making: vietnamese buddhism in the us gulf south, paperback/allison j. truitt
