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The faces of Buddhism in America / edited by Charles S. Prebish and Kenneth K. Tanaka.

By: Prebish, Charles S
Contributor(s): Tanaka, Kenneth Ken'ichi
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: viii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520213017 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520204603 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Buddhism -- United StatesDDC classification: 294.3/0973 LOC classification: BQ736 | .F33 1998Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-347) and index.
Contents:
Chinese Buddhism in America: identity and practice / Stuart Chandler -- Shin Buddhism in America: a social perspective / Alfred Bloom -- Japanese Zen in America: Americanizing the face in the mirror / G. Victor Sogen Hori -- Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai in America: the pioneer spirit / Jane Hurst -- Tibetan Buddhism in America: the development of American Vajrayana / Amy Lavine -- Korean Buddhism in America: a new style of Zen / Mu Soeng -- Vietnamese Buddhism in North America: tradition and acculturation / Cuong Tu Nguyen and A.W. Barber -- Theravada Buddhism in America: prospects for the Sangha / Paul David Numrich -- Insight meditation in the United States: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness / Gil Fronsdal -- Who is a Buddhist? Charting the landscape of Buddhist America / Jan Nattier -- Divided dharma: white Buddhists, ethnic Buddhists, and racism / Rick Fields -- Americanizing the Buddha: Paul Carus and the transformation of Asian thought / Martin J. Verhoeven -- Buddhist and Western psychotherapies: an Asian American perspective / Ryo Imamura -- Helping the iron bird fly: Western Buddhist women and issues of authority in the late 1990s / Rita M. Gross -- Coming out in the Sangha: queer community in American Buddhism / Roger Corless -- Responding to the cries of the world: socially engaged Buddhism in North America / Donald Rothberg -- Colors and contours of American Buddhism / Kenneth K. Tanaka.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-347) and index.

Chinese Buddhism in America: identity and practice / Stuart Chandler -- Shin Buddhism in America: a social perspective / Alfred Bloom -- Japanese Zen in America: Americanizing the face in the mirror / G. Victor Sogen Hori -- Nichiren Shoshu and Soka Gakkai in America: the pioneer spirit / Jane Hurst -- Tibetan Buddhism in America: the development of American Vajrayana / Amy Lavine -- Korean Buddhism in America: a new style of Zen / Mu Soeng -- Vietnamese Buddhism in North America: tradition and acculturation / Cuong Tu Nguyen and A.W. Barber -- Theravada Buddhism in America: prospects for the Sangha / Paul David Numrich -- Insight meditation in the United States: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness / Gil Fronsdal -- Who is a Buddhist? Charting the landscape of Buddhist America / Jan Nattier -- Divided dharma: white Buddhists, ethnic Buddhists, and racism / Rick Fields -- Americanizing the Buddha: Paul Carus and the transformation of Asian thought / Martin J. Verhoeven -- Buddhist and Western psychotherapies: an Asian American perspective / Ryo Imamura -- Helping the iron bird fly: Western Buddhist women and issues of authority in the late 1990s / Rita M. Gross -- Coming out in the Sangha: queer community in American Buddhism / Roger Corless -- Responding to the cries of the world: socially engaged Buddhism in North America / Donald Rothberg -- Colors and contours of American Buddhism / Kenneth K. Tanaka.

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