Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia / edited by Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prebish, Charles S.

Baumann, Martin, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Missions--History.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--History--20th century.

Globalization--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 425 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. Leading scholars from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia explore the plurality and heterogeneity of traditions and practices that are characteristic of Buddhism in the West. This recent, dramatic growth in Western Buddhism is accompanied by an expansion of topics and issues of Buddhist concern. The contributors to this volume treat such topics as the broadening spirit of egalitarianism; the increasing emphasis on the psychological, as opposed to the purely religious, nature of practice; scandals within Buddhist movements; the erosion of the distinction between professional and lay Buddhists; Buddhist settlement in Israel; the history of Buddhism in internment camps; repackaging Zen for the West; and women's dharma in the West. The interconnections of historical and theoretical approaches in the volume make it a rich, multi-layered resource.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Tables

Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West

1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures

2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West

3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West

4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies

5. Buddhism in Europe Past, Present, Prospects

6. American Buddhism in the Making

7. Buddhism in Canada

8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand

9. Buddhism in South Africa

10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society

11 Buddha in the Promised Land Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel

12. Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II

13. The Translating Temple Diasporic Buddhism in Florida

15 Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism

16. The Challenge of Community

17. Buddhist Nuns Changes and Challenges

18. Neither Monk nor Nun Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners

19. Virtues without Rules Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement

20. The Roar of the Lioness Women's Dharma in the West

21. Engaged Buddhism Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization

22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology

23. A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation" Buddhism, Art, and Modernity

Selected Bibliography

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-399) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612359590

9781282359598

1282359592

9781597349949

1597349941

9780520936584

0520936582

OCLC:

475929255