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Prophetic Wisdom: Engaged Buddhism's Struggle for Social Justice and Complete Liberation
By: Charles R. Strain
Prophetic Wisdom, Charles R. Strain
 
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Author: Charles R. Strain
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781438498003
Publication Date: 2024


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Classical Buddhism lacked an understanding of systemic injustice and its contribution to collective suffering. Despite the teaching of impermanence, classical Buddhist schools viewed social institutions as given and offered no path to social transformation. Today, Buddhists are shaped by multiple religious and secular traditions, including those stemming from the Hebrew prophets. The prophetic tradition offers a socially and religiously powerful concept-the concept of justice-that reconfigures the Buddhist dharma.

In a time of unparalleled peril, Buddhists are challenged as never before to turn wisdom into strategic action to foster systemic social change. Compassion is not enough. Prophetic Wisdom shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice. It concludes by confronting the poison of racism in the American body politic.

Prophetic Wisdom: Engaged Buddhism's Struggle for Social Justice and Complete Liberation, Charles R. Strain, Suny Press, Paperback, 285 pages, $38.95

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