Introduction to Buddhist East Asia / edited by Robert H. Scott and James McRae.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scott, Robert H. (Assistant Professor of Philosophy), editor.

McRae, James, 1976- editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

SUNY series in Asian studies development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism--Study and teaching--East Asia.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--East Asia.

Buddhism--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 325 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2023.

Contents:

Foreword / Peter D. Hershock

Acknowledgments

Introduction to Buddhist East Asia: Origins, Core Doctrines, Transmission, and Schools / Robert H. Scott and James McRae

Part I. Creative Pedagogies for Teaching Buddhist East Asia: 1. Three Common Misconceptions about East Asian Buddhisms: On Women and Gender, Violence and Non-Violence, and Philosophy and Religion / Sarah A. Mattice

2. Meditation Iis the Embodiment of Wisdom: East Asian Chan and Zen Buddhism in the Philosophy Classroom / Elizabeth Schiltz

3. The Possibility and Costs of Responsibly Teaching East Asian and Buddhist Philosophy / Mark Wells

4. Brains, Blades, and Buddhists: Pedagogical Skirmishes at the Intersection of Philosophy of Mind, the Way of the Sword, and Buddhism / Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza

5. Revitalizing the Familiar: A Practical Application of Dōgen's Transformative Zen / George Wrisley

Part II. East Asia Buddhisms and the Humanities: Ethics, Art, and Politics: 6. The Finger that Points to the Earth: East Asian Buddhism as a Conceptual Resource for Environmental Philosophy / James McRae

7. Ecological Self-understanding in Chinese Buddhism: Investigating an Epistemic Virtue / Jesse Butler

8. Wisdom and Compassion in Chinul, Korean Seon Buddhism, and Postmodern Ethics / Robert H. Scott

9. The Lovelorn Lady and the Stony Monk: Women, Sexuality, and Imagination in the Kegon Engi Emaki / Sujung Kim

10. The Spirit of Shaolin on Screen: Buddhism and Cultural Politics in Chinese Cinema / Melissa Croteau and Xin Zhang

11. A Century of Critical Buddhism in Japan / James Mark Shields

Glossary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

List of Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438492438 (electronic bk.)

143849243X (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40031677125

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.