| Description |
xii, 217 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture. |
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SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture.
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| 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. |
| Summary |
Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- United States.
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Buddhism and culture -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Storhoff, Gary, 1947-
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Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-
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| ISBN |
9781438430935 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1438430930 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781438430942 paperback alkaline paper |
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1438430949 paperback alkaline paper |
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