Glocal Zen in Italy: A Preliminary Exploration of the Underlying Dynamics
Religions October 26, 2022 Ugo Dessì
This article focuses on three Zen meditation groups operating in Italy from the perspective of glocalization. Based on ethnographic fieldwork and practitioners’ narratives, it explores the dynamics underlying the making of glocal Zen with reference to the internal structure of individual religious worlds and its reshaping through the creative incorporation of zazen or zazen-like meditation. My...