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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Prebish, Charles S., Baumann, Martin, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.