Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia /
The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2002.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West / Martin Baumann and Charles S. Prebish
- Part I. Profiling Global Buddhism : a Description of the Landscape
- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? : Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures / Thomas A. Tweed
- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West / B. Alan Wallace
- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West / Martin Baumann
- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West : The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies / Charles S. Prebish
- Part II. Diffusion : the Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries
- 5. Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects / Martin Baumann
- 6. American Buddhism in the Making / Richard Hughes Seager
- 7. Buddhism in Canada / Bruce Matthews
- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand / Michelle Spuler
- 9. Buddhism in South Africa / Michel Clasquin
- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society / Frank Usarski
- 11. Buddha in the Promised Land : Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel /Lionel Obadia
- Part III. Change : Adaptations and Innovations
- 12. Camp Dharma : Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II / Duncan Ryuken Williams
- 13. The Translating Temple : Diasporic Buddhism in Florida / Douglas M. Padgett
- 14. Repackaging Zen for the West / David L. McMahan
- 15. Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism / Sandra Bell
- Part IV. Lifestyle : Being a Buddhist in Western Societies
- 16. The Challenge of Community / Ajahn Tiradhammo
- 17. Buddhist Nuns : Changes and Challenges / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun : Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners / Sylvia Wetzel
- 19. Virtues without Rules : Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement / Gil Fronsdal
- Part V. Buddhism Facing New Challenges
- 20. The Roar of the Lioness : Women's Dharma in the West / Judith Simmer-Brown
- 21. Engaged Buddhism : Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization / Christopher S. Queen
- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology / Franz Aubrey Metcalf
- 23. A "Commodius Vicus" Recirculation : Buddhism, Art, and Modernity / Ian Harris.