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Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West.
Sixteen new essays, including a critical introduction and conclusion, treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace walks through the minefields of South-East Asia, the future of the 'untouchables' in Japan, and outreach to minorities and inmates of the criminal justice system in the West are some of the challenging topics considered.
Action Dharma, Edited by Christopher Queen, Charles Prebish, and Damien Keown, Routledge Curzon, Paperback, 364 pages, $59.95
Christopher Queen is Dean of students for continuing
education and Lecturer on the study of religion in the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences, Harvard University. He is editor and contributor to Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia (With Sallie B, King), American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in recent Scholarship (with Duncan Ryuken Williams) and Engaged Buddhism in the West.
Charles Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at the Pennsylvania State Univesrity and founding co-editor of the online Journal of Buddhist Ethics. He is author and editor of eleven books including Buddhist Monastic Discipline, American Buddhism, Historical Dictionary of Buddhism, A Survey of Vinaya Literature, The Faces of Buddhism in America and Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. Damien Keown is Senior Lecturer in Indian Religion at Goldmsiths College, University of London,and founding co-editor of the online Journal of Buddhist Ethics. His publications include The Nature of Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and Bioethics and Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction.
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Contents: Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism |
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Notes on contributors |
xi |
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Preface - Charles Prebish |
xvii |
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Introduction |
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From altruism to activism - Christopher Queen |
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Part I Historical Roots |
37 |
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Do bodhisattvas relieve poverty? - Stephen Jenkins |
38 |
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Dogen's ceaseless practice - Daniel Zelinski |
50 |
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Nichiren's activist heirs: |
63 |
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Soka Gakkai, Rissho Kosekai, Nipponzan Myohoji - Jacqueline I. Stone |
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Part II Asian Narratives |
95 |
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Buddhism and development |
96 |
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The ecology monks of Thailand - Susan M. Darlington |
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Maha Ghosananda as a contemplative social activist - Matthew Weiner |
110 |
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Sarvodaya Shramadana's quest for peace - George D. Bond |
126 |
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The Buddhist Tzu-Chi foundation of Taiwan - C. Julia Huang |
134 |
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Social engagement in South Korean Buddhism - Frank Tedesco |
152 |
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Buddhism and the burukamin |
181 |
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Oppression or liberation? - Leslie D. Alldritt |
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Part III Western Frontiers |
205 |
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Engaged and meditating: Vipassana Hawaii's Burmese connection - Harriet Kirkley |
206 |
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Widening the circle: Communities of color and Western Buddhist convert sanghas - Sharon Smith |
220 |
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Symbol and narration in Buddhist prison ministry - Virginia Cohn Parkum and J. Anthony Stultz |
237 |
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Part IV Three Critiques |
251 |
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Engaged Buddhist ethics: Mistaking the boat for the shore - James E. Deitrick |
252 |
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Does Buddhism need human rights? - Derek S. Jeffreys |
270 |
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Engaged Buddhism: New and improved? Made in the USA of Asian materials - Thomas Freeman Yarnall |
286 |
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Index |
345 |
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