9780520234901-0520234901-Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia

Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia

ISBN-13: 9780520234901
ISBN-10: 0520234901
Edition: First Edition
Author: Charles S. Prebish
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 388 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780520234901
ISBN-10: 0520234901
Edition: First Edition
Author: Charles S. Prebish
Publication date: 2002
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback 388 pages

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Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia (ISBN-13: 9780520234901 and ISBN-10: 0520234901), written by authors Charles S. Prebish, was published by University of California Press in 2002. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Westward Dharma: Buddhism beyond Asia (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.54.

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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.

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