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UNINA9910820585503321 |
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Titolo |
American Buddhism as a Way of Life / / edited by Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge |
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Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4384-3095-7 |
1-4416-4881-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (231 p.) |
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Collana |
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SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Whalen-BridgeJohn <1961-> |
StorhoffGary <1947-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Buddhism and culture - United States |
Buddhism - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword / 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, "Suzuki Zen," 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 consciousness isn't just for faeries : healing the disjunction between theory and practice / Roger Corless -- "A dharma of place" : evolving aesthetics and cultivating community in an American Zen garden / Jeff Wilson. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context. |
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