Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia / / editors, Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann

• Pubblicazione: Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002; ©2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 425 pages)
• Disciplina: 294.3/09
• Soggetto topico: Buddhism - Missions - History; Buddhism - History - 20th century; Globalization - Religious aspects - Buddhism
• Soggetto non controllato: asia; australia; buddhism scholars; buddhism; buddhist practices; buddhist studies; buddhist teachings; buddhist traditions; comparative religions; dharma; diaspora; egalitarianism; ethics; europe; global religion; history of buddhism; israel; north america; psychology; religious philosophy; religious scholars; south africa; theoretical approach; theoretical perspective; western buddhists; western philosophy; western thought; western world; zen
• Altri autori: PrebishCharles S BaumannMartin <1960->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-399) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West -- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures -- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West -- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West -- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies -- 5. Buddhism in Europe Past, Present, Prospects -- 6. American Buddhism in the Making -- 7. Buddhism in Canada -- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand -- 9. Buddhism in South Africa -- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society -- 11 Buddha in the Promised Land Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel -- 12. Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II -- 13. The Translating Temple Diasporic Buddhism in Florida -- 15 Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism -- 16. The Challenge of Community -- 17. Buddhist Nuns Changes and Challenges -- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners -- 19. Virtues without Rules Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement -- 20. The Roar of the Lioness Women's Dharma in the West -- 21. Engaged Buddhism Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization -- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology -- 23. A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation" Buddhism, Art, and Modernity -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The first authoritative volume on the totality of Buddhism in the West, Westward Dharma establishes a comparative and theoretical perspective for considering the amazing variety of Buddhist traditions, schools, centers, and teachers that have developed outside of Asia. Leading scholars from North America, Europe, South Africa, and Australia explore the plurality and heterogeneity of traditions and practices that are characteristic of Buddhism in the West. This recent, dramatic growth in Western Buddhism is accompanied by an expansion of topics and issues of Buddhist concern. The contributors to this volume treat such topics as the broadening spirit of egalitarianism; the increasing emphasis on the psychological, as opposed to the purely religious, nature of practice; scandals within Buddhist movements; the erosion of the distinction between professional and lay Buddhists; Buddhist settlement in Israel; the history of Buddhism in internment camps; repackaging Zen for the West; and women's dharma in the West. The interconnections of historical and theoretical approaches in the volume make it a rich, multi-layered resource.
• Titolo autorizzato: Westward dharma
• ISBN: 1-282-35959-2; 1-59734-994-1; 9786612359590; 0-520-93658-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783294103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II