American Buddhism as a way of life / edited by Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge. - Albany : State University of New York Press, c2010. - xii, 217 p. ; 24 cm. - SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture . - SUNY series in Buddhism and American culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Thomas A. Tweed -- Introduction : American Buddhism as a way of life / Gary Storhoff and John Whalen-Bridge -- The authenticity of Alan Watts / David L. Smith -- D.T. Suzuki, "Suzuki Zen," and the American reception of Zen Buddhism / Carl T. Jackson -- My lunch with Mihoko / Ellen Pearlman -- What can Buddhist no-self contribute to North American bioethics? / Michael C. Brannigan -- A contemporary North American Buddhist discussion of abortion / Rita M. Gross -- Touched by suffering : American pragmatism and engaged Buddhism / Judy D. Whipps -- Identity theft : stimulating Nirvana in postmodern America / John Kitterman -- Family life and spiritual kinship in American Buddhist communities / Charles S. Prebish -- Buddha loves me this I know : Nisei Buddhists in Christian America, 1889-1942 / Lori Pierce -- Analogue consciousness isn't just for faeries : healing the disjunction between theory and practice / Roger Corless -- "A dharma of place" : evolving aesthetics and cultivating community in an American Zen garden / Jeff Wilson.

Explores a range of Buddhist perspectives in a distinctly American context.

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Buddhism--United States.
Buddhism and culture--United States.

BQ732 / .A44 2010

294.30973