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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48871649 Title: Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia Author: Charles S Prebish; Martin Baumann Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0520226259 9780520226258 0520234901 9780520234901 OCLC:48871649

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Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia

Author:	Charles S Prebish; Martin Baumann
Publisher:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002.
Edition/Format:	Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	This volume focuses on the totality of Buddhism in the West, establishing a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the wide variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centres and Read more...
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Material Type:	Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Charles S Prebish; Martin Baumann Find more information about:
ISBN:	0520226259 9780520226258 0520234901 9780520234901
OCLC Number:	48871649
Description:	xi, 425 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents:	Introduction : Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West / Martin Baumann and Charles S. Prebish -- Part I. Profiling Global Buddhism : a Description of the Landscape -- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? : Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures / Thomas A. Tweed -- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West / B. Alan Wallace -- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West / Martin Baumann -- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West : The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies / Charles S. Prebish -- Part II. Diffusion : the Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries -- 5. Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects / Martin Baumann -- 6. American Buddhism in the Making / Richard Hughes Seager -- 7. Buddhism in Canada / Bruce Matthews -- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand / Michelle Spuler -- 9. Buddhism in South Africa / Michel Clasquin -- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society / Frank Usarski -- 11. Buddha in the Promised Land : Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel /Lionel Obadia -- Part III. Change : Adaptations and Innovations -- 12. Camp Dharma : Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II / Duncan Ryuken Williams -- 13. The Translating Temple : Diasporic Buddhism in Florida / Douglas M. Padgett -- 14. Repackaging Zen for the West / David L. McMahan -- 15. Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism / Sandra Bell -- Part IV. Lifestyle : Being a Buddhist in Western Societies -- 16. The Challenge of Community / Ajahn Tiradhammo -- 17. Buddhist Nuns : Changes and Challenges / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun : Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners / Sylvia Wetzel -- 19. Virtues without Rules : Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement / Gil Fronsdal -- Part V. Buddhism Facing New Challenges -- 20. The Roar of the Lioness : Women's Dharma in the West / Judith Simmer-Brown -- 21. Engaged Buddhism : Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization / Christopher S. Queen -- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology / Franz Aubrey Metcalf -- 23. A "Commodius Vicus" Recirculation : Buddhism, Art, and Modernity / Ian Harris.
Responsibility:	edited by Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann.
More information:	Contributor biographical information Table of contents Publisher description

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