Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Whalen-BridgeJohn, 1961- |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
StorhoffGary, 1947- |
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
Place of Publication: |
Albany |
Published: |
State University of New York Press; |
Year of Publication: |
c2010 |
Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 217 p.). |
Series: |
SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture |
Subject: |
Buddhism and culture - United States - |
Subject: |
Buddhism - United States - |
Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781438430959/ |
Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Summary: |
Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context |
ISBN: |
9781438430959electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
1438430957electronic bk. |
ISBN: |
9781438430935hbk. |
ISBN: |
1438430930hbk. |
ISBN: |
9781438430942pbk. |
ISBN: |
1438430949pbk. |
Content Note: |
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, "SuzukiZen," 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 consciousnessisn't just for faeries : healing the disjunction between theory and practice / Roger Corless -- "A dharma of place" : evolving aesthetics andcultivating community in an American Zen garden / Jeff Wilson |