Description: Exploration of the nature of the socialization and commitment process in Western Buddhist contexts through use of interview material with individual Anglo-Australian converts.
Brief description:
Dr Glenys Eddy completed her doctoral thesis in the Department of Studies
in Religion at the University of Sydney in 2007. She currently works as a
Research Administrative Officer at the University of Sydney.
Review Quotes: 'Becoming Buddhist explores the motivations andexperiences of Western converts to Buddhism in an insightful and originalway...This book is an invaluable resource for both scholars of Buddhism, andscholars of the contemporary Western spiritual marketplace.'--,