American Buddhism as a Way of Life / edited by Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Whalen-Bridge, John, 1961-

Storhoff, Gary, 1947-

Series:

SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture.

SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism and culture--United States.

Buddhism and culture.

Buddhism--United States.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.

Contents:

Foreword / 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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438430959

1438430957

9781441648815

144164881X

OCLC:

615624505