Teaching Buddhism : new insights on understanding and presenting the traditions / edited by Todd Lewis, Gary DeAngelis

Published:: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Physical Description:: xxviii, 400 pages ; 25 cm.
Additional Creators:: Lewis, Todd, 1952- and DeAngelis, Gary Delaney, 1943-

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American Academy of Religion. Teaching religious studies

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Updating Perennial Course Subjects -- 1.Teaching Buddhism as Philosophy / Mark Siderits -- 2.Teaching Nagarjuna / Roger R. Jackson -- 3.Teaching Yogacara Buddhism Using Cognitive Science / William S. Waldron -- 4.Teaching Tantric Buddhism in an Undergraduate Classroom Context / David B. Gray -- 5.Rethinking the Teaching of Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine -- pt. II Reimagining the Content of "Buddhism" -- 6.In Defense of the Dharma: Buddhists and Politics / Ian Harris -- 7.Conveying Buddhist Tradition through its Rituals / Todd Lewis -- pt. III Issues in Teaching, Practice, and Connecting Students with the Tradition -- 8.Teaching Buddhism in the Western Academy / Jan Willis -- 9.Teaching Buddhist History to Buddhist Practitioners / Rita M. Gross -- 10.Deconstructing Fixed Identity Categories and Cultivating Appreciation for Diversity: Teaching Buddhism and Feminism / Hsiao-Lan Hu -- 11.Teaching Buddhism in the World Religions Course---Challenges and Promise / Gary Deangelis -- pt. IV Buddhism and the American Context -- 12.When the Iron Bird Flies: Seeking Western Buddhism in the Classroom / Charles Prebish -- 13.Conveying Buddhism in the Classroom: Working with Assumptions on Family and Children / Vanessa R. Sasson -- 14.Teaching Engaged Buddhism in Uncertain Times / Christopher Queen -- pt. V Buddhism in New Academic Fields -- 15.History of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue / Paul O. Ingram -- 16.Teaching Buddhist Bioethics / Damien Keown -- 17.Buddhist Environmentalism / Poranee Natadecha-Sponsel -- 18.Buddhism and Economic Development / Laszlo Zsolnai -- 19."We Can Do No Less": Buddhism and Social Justice / Anna Brown.

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9780199373093 hardcover alkaline paper
0199373094 hardcover alkaline paper

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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