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This entry describes Buddhism in Peru through a demographic analysis of groups and gives an overview of the characteristics of the latter while taking into account their mutual relationships as well as their connections to scholars interested in Buddhism. It also analyzes the influence of Buddhism on Peruvian society and culture, focusing on sociological trends due to socioeconomic stratification, institutionalization, public exposure, enculturation, and the existence of a free religious market. Its theoretical framework is constituted by two approaches: that of religious economies and subcultural identity theories.
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It is only fair to say that the study of Buddhism in Peru is in its first stages, as it is for the most part of South America (Usarski 2011). There are very few quantitative sources and only a few qualitative studies on the topic. The following overview is the result of my own field work research, which includes semi-structured interviews with...
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McKenzie, G. (2019). Buddhism in Peru. In: Gooren, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions. Religions of the World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27078-4_129
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