Sally McAra
Biographic Data
| ID | 8994947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sally McAra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sally |
| FAMILY NAME | McAra |
| SIGNATURE | MCARA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Auckland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2836-7739 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Buddhism in Aotearoa New Zealand
This article presents a provisional survey of Buddhists and Buddhist organizations in Aotearoa/New Zealand, identifying their key characteristics in terms of national origin, ethnicity, and areas of geographical concentration. We draw on three decades of the New Zealand census (1991-2018) to analyze demographic data about those who identify as Buddhist, and information from the NZ Charities Register to identify general characteristics of the dive…
Land of Beautiful Vision
Land of Beautiful Vision is the first book-length ethnography to address the role of material culture in contemporary adaptations of Buddhism and the first to focus on convert Buddhists in New Zealand. Sally McAra takes as her subject a fascinating instance of an ongoing creative process whereby a global religion is made locally meaningful through the construction of a Buddhist sacred place. She uses an in-depth case study of a small religious st…
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Land of Beautiful Vision
Land of Beautiful Vision is the first book-length ethnography to address the role of material culture in contemporary adaptations of Buddhism and the first to focus on convert Buddhists in New Zealand. Sally McAra takes as her subject a fascinating instance of an ongoing creative process whereby a global religion is made locally meaningful through the construction of a Buddhist sacred place. She uses an in-depth case study of a small religious st…
Buddhism in Aotearoa New Zealand
This article presents a provisional survey of Buddhists and Buddhist organizations in Aotearoa/New Zealand, identifying their key characteristics in terms of national origin, ethnicity, and areas of geographical concentration. We draw on three decades of the New Zealand census (1991-2018) to analyze demographic data about those who identify as Buddhist, and information from the NZ Charities Register to identify general characteristics of the dive…
Anthropology (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Buddhism (2 works) · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Aotearoa (1 work) · Art (1 work)