ENGAGED BUDDHISM IN THE WEST ,9780861711598

ENGAGED BUDDHISM IN THE WEST

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ISBN13: 9780861711598
ISBN10: 0861711599
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-01
Publisher(s): Wisdom Pubns
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Summary

Selected as one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles (2000), Engaged Buddhism in the West is founded on the belief that genuine spiritual practice requires an active involvement in society. This book illuminates the evolution of this newest chapter in the Buddhist tradition including its history, leadership, and teachings, and it addresses issues such as violence and peace, race and gender, homelessness, prisons, and the environment. Eighteen new studies explore the activism of renowned leaders and organizations, such as Thich Nhat Hanh, Bernard Glassman, Joanna Macy, the Buddhist Peace Fellowship, the Free Tibet Movement, and the emergence of a new Buddhism in North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia.

Author Biography

Christopher S. Queen teaches Buddhism and World Religions at Harvard University. He has authored and edited many works on Buddhism, including Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia. Chris is also the Convener and Honorary Chairman of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics' online conference on ""Socially Engaged Buddhism"". He lives in West Newton, Massachusetts.
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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction: A New Buddhism 1(34)
Christopher S. Queen
Engaged Buddhism as Peacemaking
All Buddhism Is Engaged: Thich Nhat Hanh and the Order of Interbeing
35(32)
Patricia Hunt-Perry
Lyn Fine
Speaking Truth to Power: The Buddhist Peace Fellowship
67(28)
Judith Simmer-Brown
Glassman Roshi and the Peacemaker Order: Three Encounters
95(33)
Christopher S. Queen
Walking for Peace: Nipponzan Myohoji
128(31)
Paula Green
Engaging the Issues: Environment, Race, Human Rights
To Save All Beings: Buddhist Environmental Activism
159(25)
Stephanie Kaza
Racial Diversity in the Soka Gakkai
184(34)
David W. Chappell
The Free Tibet Movement: A Selective Narrative
218(29)
John Powers
Identity Politics: Gender, Sexual Orientation, Ethnicity
Activist Women in American Buddhism
247(22)
Susan Moon
Gay Buddhist Fellowship
269(11)
Roger Corless
Social Action among Toronto's Asian Buddhists
280(27)
Janet McLellan
Engaging the Institutions: Health, Education, Prisons, Commerce
Meditation, Healing, and Stress Reduction
307(21)
Andrew Olendzki
Naropa Institute: The Engaged Academy
328(19)
Robert Goss
The Angulimala Lineage: Buddhist Prison Ministries
347(25)
Virginia Cohn Parkum
J. Anthony Stultz
Work as Dharma Practice: Right Livelihood Cooperatives of the FWBO
372(25)
Martin Baumann
Engaged Buddhism in Europe, Africa, and Australia
A Survey of Engaged Buddhism in Britain
397(26)
Sandra Bell
Engaged Buddhism in German-Speaking Europe
423(23)
Franz-Johannes Litsch
Engaged Buddhism in South Africa
446(22)
Darrell Wratten
Engaged Buddhism in Australia
468(17)
Roderick S. Bucknell
Looking Ahead
New Voices in Engaged Buddhist Studies
485(28)
Kenneth Kraft
Bibliography 513(11)
List of Contributors 524(5)
Index 529

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