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Korean Religions in Relation
(November 2016)
Buddhism, Confucianism, Christianity
Anselm K. Min - Editor
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Examines Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity in Korea, focusing on their mutual accommodation, exclusion, conflict, and assimilation.
Instead of simply being another survey of the three dominant religions in contemporary Korea—Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity—this unique book studies them in relation to each other in terms of assimilation, accommodation, conflict, and exclusion. The cont...(Read More) |
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Thailand's Theory of Monarchy
(June 2016)
The Vessantara Jataka and the Idea of the Perfect Man
Patrick Jory - Author
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2016 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title
Discusses the origins and cultural history of the Theravada Buddhist ideals behind the Thai institution of monarchy.
Since the 2006 coup d’état, Thailand has been riven by two opposing political visions: one which aspires to a modern democracy and the rule of law, and another which holds to t...(Read More) |
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New World Dharma
(April 2016)
Interviews and Encounters with Buddhist Teachers, Writers, and Leaders
Trevor Carolan - Author
Susan Moon - Foreword by
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Interviews and profiles of spiritual and cultural figures influenced by Buddhism.
Based on Trevor Carolan’s interviews, profiles, and essays from the past twenty years, this book offers a fascinating and intimate look at many of the Buddhist (and Buddhist-inspired) spiritual and cultural leaders who have shaped our time. Drawn from the global mosaic of the arts and humanities, environmentalism, and governance, Carolan&rsqu...(Read More) |
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Fetishizing Tradition
(October 2015)
Desire and Reinvention in Buddhist and Christian Narratives
Alan Cole - Author
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Describes how religious tradition is established as available within a text, free from ritual and observance, in Buddhism and Christianity.
This innovative work documents the literary gesture that “fetishizes tradition,” making long-standing religious traditions appear present and available through the reading experience. Taking as examples Paul’s Letter to the Romans, the Gospel of Mark...(Read More) |
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Buddhism beyond Borders
(June 2015)
New Perspectives on Buddhism in the United States
Scott A. Mitchell - Editor
Natalie E. F. Quli - Editor
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FINALIST 2015 ForeWord INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the Religion Category
Explores facets of North American Buddhism while taking into account the impact of globalization and increasing interconnectivity.
Buddhism beyond Borders provides a fresh consideration of Buddhism in the American context. It includes both...(Read More) |
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Encounters of Mind
(March 2015)
Luminosity and Personhood in Indian and Chinese Thought
Douglas L. Berger - Author
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Discusses the journey of Buddhist ideas on awareness and personhood from India to China.
Encounters of Mind explores a crucial step in the philosophical journey of Buddhism from India to China, and what influence this step, once taken, had on Chinese thought in a broader scope. The relationship of concepts of mind, or awareness, to the constitution of personhood in Chinese traditions of reflection was to cha...(Read More) |
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Buddhism and American Cinema
(September 2014)
John Whalen-Bridge - Editor
Gary Storhoff - Editor
Danny Rubin - Foreword by
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Discusses both depictions of Buddhism in film and Buddhist takes on a variety of films.
In 1989, the same year the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a decade-long boom of films dedicated to Buddhist people, history, and culture began. Offering the first scholarly treatment of Buddhism and cinema, the editors advise that there are two kinds of Buddhist film: those that are about Buddhists and those that...(Read More) |
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Eminent Buddhist Women
(September 2014)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo - Editor
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Explores the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women across the centuries and across the Buddhist world.
Eminent Buddhist Women reveals the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women through the centuries. Despite the Buddha’s own egalitarian values, Buddhism as a religion has been dominated by men for more than two thousand years. With few exceptions, the achievements of Buddhist women have remained hidden or i...(Read More) |
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Gendering Chinese Religion
(September 2014)
Subject, Identity, and Body
Jinhua Jia - Editor
Xiaofei Kang - Editor
Ping Yao - Editor
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A gender-critical consideration of women and religion in Chinese traditions from medieval to modern times.
Gendering Chinese Religion marks the emergence of a subfield on women, gender, and religion in China studies. Ranging from the medieval period to the present day, this volume departs from the conventional and often male-centered categorization of Chinese religions into Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and popular ...(Read More) |
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