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American Buddhism as a way of life
Title
American Buddhism as a way of life [electronic resource] / edited by Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge.
ISBN
1438430957
9781438430959
1438430930 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1438430949 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781438430935 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781438430942 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2012)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 217 p. )
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
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Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Current Complete Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010 Philosophy and Religion Collection.
Project MUSE - UPCC 2010-2012 Current Complete Collection Bundle.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 27, 2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreward / Thomas A. Tweed
Introduction : American Buddhism as a way of life / Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge
The authenticity of Alan Watts / David L. Smith
D.T. Suzuki, "Suzuki Zen," and the American reception of Zen Buddhism / Carl T. Jackson
My lunch with Mihoko / Ellen Pearlman
What can Buddhist no-self contribute to North American bioethics? / Michael C. Brannigan
A contemporary North American Buddhist discussion of abortion / Rita M. Gross
Touched by suffering : American pragmatism and engaged Buddhism / Judy D. Whipps
Identity theft : stimulating Nirvana in postmodern America / John Kitterman
Family life and spiritual kinship in American Buddhist communities / Charles S. Prebish
Buddha loves me this I know : Nisei Buddhists in Christian America, 1889-1942 / Lori Pierce
Analogue consciousness isn't just for faeries : healing the disjunction between theory and practice / Roger Corless
"A dharma of place" : evolving aesthetics and cultivating community in an American Zen garden / Jeff Wilson.
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