| Description |
xi, 544 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: A new Buddhism / Christopher S. Queen -- All Buddhism is engaged: Thich Nhat Hanh and the order of interbeing / Patricia Hunt-Perry and Lyn Fine -- Speaking truth to power: the Buddhist Peace Fellowship / Judith Simmer-Brown -- Glassman Roshi and the peacemaker order: three encounters / Christopher S. Queen -- Walking for peace: Nipponzan Myohoji / Paula Green -- To save all beings: Buddhist environmental activism / Stephanie Kaza -- Racial diversity in the Soka Gakkai / David W. Chappell -- The free Tibet movement: a selective narrative / John Powers -- Activist women in American Buddhism / Susan Moon -- Gay Buddhist fellowship / Robert Corless -- Social action among Toronto's Asian Buddhists / Janet McLellan -- Meditation, healing, and stress reduction / Andrew Olendzki -- Naropa Institute: the engaged academy / Robert Goss -- The Angulimala lineage: Buddhist prison ministries / Virginia Cohn Parkum and J. Anthony Stultz -- Work as dharma practice: right livelihood cooperatives of the FWBO / Martin Baumann -- A survey of engaged Buddhism in Britain / Sandra Bell -- Engaged Buddhism in German-speaking Europe / Franz-Johannes Litsch -- Engaged Buddhism in South Africa / Darrell Wratten -- Engaged Buddhism in Australia / Roderick S. Bucknell -- New voices in engaged Buddhist studies / Kenneth Kraft |
| Analysis |
Buddhism - Social aspects - Europe - History |
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Buddhism - Social aspects - North America - History |
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Buddhism - Social aspects - United States - History |
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Religion and politics |
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Religious life - Buddhism |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 513-523) and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-523) and index |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Social aspects -- Europe -- History.
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Buddhism -- Social aspects -- North America -- History.
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Buddhism -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Religion and politics.
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Religious life -- Buddhism.
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| Author |
Queen, Christopher S., 1945-
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| LC no. |
99036870 |
| ISBN |
0861711599 (alk. paper) |
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