Author: Prebish, Charles S.; & Baumann, Martin; editors:
Title: Westward Dharma : Buddhism Beyond Asia
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (2002). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xi,425 pp. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contains 23 papers.Includes: T.A. Tweed "Who is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists & Other Creatures"; A. Wallace "The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West"; M. Baumann "Protective Amulets & Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West"; C.S. Prebish " Buddhism in the West: The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies"; M. Baumann "Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects"; R.H. Seager "American Buddhism in the Making"; B. Matthews "Buddhism in Canada"; M. Spuler "The Development of Buddhism in Australia & New Zealand"; M. Clasquin "Buddhism in South Africa"; F. Usarski "Buddhism in Brazil & Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society"; L. Obadia "Buddha in the Promised Land: Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel"; D.R. Williams "Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity & the Internment Experience of World War II"; D.M. Padgett "The Translating Temple: Diasporic Buddhism in Florida"; M.L. Mcmahan "Repackaging Zen for the West"; S. Bell "Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism"; A.l Tiradhammo "The Challenge of Community"; K.L. Tsomo "Buddhist Nuns: Changes & Challenges"; S. Wetzel "Neither Monk nor Nun: Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners"; G, Fronsdal "Virtues Without Rules: Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement"J. Simmer-Brown " The Roar of the Lioness: Women's Dharma in the West"; C.S. Queen "Engaged Buddhism: Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalisation"; FG.A. Metcalf "the Encounter of Buddhism & Psychology"; I. Harris "A 'Commodius Vicus of

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