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  • American Dharma

    Buddhism Beyond Modernity

    by Ann Gleig ...
    The past couple of decades have witnessed Buddhist communities both continuing the modernization of Buddhism and questioning some of its limitations. In this fascinating portrait of a rapidly changing religious landscape, Ann Gleig illuminates the aspirations and struggles of younger North American Buddhists during a period she identifies as a distinct stage in the assimilation of Buddhism to the ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Buddhism and Whiteness

    Critical Reflections

    by Sharon Suh, Laurie Cassidy, Jasmine Syedullah, Joy Brennan, Rima L. Vesely-Flad, Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Carol J. Moeller, Lama Justin von Bujdoss, Hsiao Lan Hu, Charles Johnson0, Ann Gleig Ann Gleig, associate professor of religion and cultural studies, University2, Emily McRae3, Leah Kalmanson5, Bryce Huebner6, Rhonda V. Magee7, Dr Jessica Locke8 ...
    Series series Philosophy of Race
    The motivation behind this important volume is to weave together two distinct, but we think complementary, traditions – the philosophical engagement with race/whiteness and Buddhist philosophy – in order to explore the ways in which these traditions can inform, correct, and improve each other. This exciting and critically informed volume will be the first of its kind to bring together essays that ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Talking About Cults

    Abuse and the Study of New Religious Movements

    by Ann Gleig ...
    Series Book 11 - George H. Shriver Lecture Series in Religion in American History
    Talking About Cults explores a series of questions: Why have scholars of minority religion rejected the term “cult” and the wider field of cultic studies? How have they responded to allegations of abuse in minority religion? Why do so many survivors of abuse find cult discourse helpful? What new directions—more attuned to survivors' experience—are emerging and should be encouraged in the study of ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

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  • The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism

    Edited by Ann Gleig, Scott A. Mitchell ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    First brought to the United States in the nineteenth century by Chinese and Japanese immigrants, Buddhism has become a major feature of the North American religious, cultural, and social landscape. Nearly every form of Asian Buddhism has some presence in North America in addition to a variety of Buddhist “convert” communities, hybrid communities, and “secular” Buddhist networks. Buddhist-derived ... Read more

    $157.49 USD

  • Homegrown Gurus

    From Hinduism in America to American Hinduism

    Edited by Ann Gleig, Lola Williamson ...
    Exploring homegrown movements and figures, proclaims "American Hinduism" as a distinct religious tradition.Today, a new stage in the development of Hinduism in America is taking shape. After a century of experimentation during which Americans welcomed Indian gurus who adjusted their teachings to accommodate the New World context, "American Hinduism" can now rightly be called its own tradition ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

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  • Awakening Together

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    Meditation, Buddhism, and the Next Generation of Enlightenment

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  • Emergent Dharma

    Asian American Feminist Buddhists on Practice, Identity, and Resistance

    by Sharon A. Suh PhD ...
    An essential critique of American Buddhism—11 Asian American women reclaim a vibrant feminist Dharma against whitewashing, patriarchy, and model-minority stereotypesMainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditating—this is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, ... Read more

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  • What's Wrong with Mindfulness (And What Isn't)

    Zen Perspectives

    Edited by Barry Magid, Robert Rosenbaum ...
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    Liberation from Attachment to Identity

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  • Indra's Net

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    Originating in the Atharva Veda, the concept of Indra's Net is a powerful metaphor for interconnectedness. It was transmitted via Buddhism's Avatamsaka Sutra into Western thought, where it now resides at the heart of post-modern discourse. According to this metaphor, nothing ultimately exists separately by itself and all boundaries can be deconstructed. This book invokes Indra's Net to articulate ... Read more

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