Prophetic Wisdom: Engaged Buddhism's Struggle for Social Justice and Complete Liberation
Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Albany
State University of New York Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series/Journal: | SUNY Series in Religious Studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddhism
/ Commitment
/ Social change
/ Social justice
/ Emancipation
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9781438498003 |
| Summary: | Shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Plan of the Book -- Part One: The Prophetic Wisdom of Elders -- Chapter One: Like a Fire in the Bones: The Prophetic Voice -- Chapter Two: Crossing Boundaries: Rita Gross and the Transformation of Patriarchal Buddhism -- Chapter Three: Thich Nhat Hanh: A Buddhist Monk in the Conflagration of War -- Chapter Four: Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects -- Chapter Five: B. R. Ambedkar: The Annihilation of Caste and the Liberation of the Dalits -- Part Two: Liberation in the American Context -- Chapter Six: The American Jeremiad: Creating the City upon a Hill -- Chapter Seven: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: America's Jeremiah -- Part Three: From Prophecy to Praxis: Strategic Action and Social Liberation -- Chapter Eight: Nonviolent Action: The Dynamics of Love, Power, and Justice -- Chapter Nine: From Prophecy to Praxis: Thinking Strategically about Action -- Chapter Ten: Facing Up to Evil, Abolishing Our Racial Caste System -- Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key -- Part One: The Prophetic Wisdom of Elders -- Chapter One Like a Fire in the Bones: The Prophetic Voice -- Prophetic Texts as Classics -- Deconstructing the Prophetic Voice -- The Praxis of Justice -- The Subversive Memory of Exodus -- The Critique of the Royal Consciousness -- The Practice of Grief -- The Practice of Hope -- Conclusion -- Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #1: Cries of the Crows: A Buddhist Take on the Prophetic Voice -- Chapter Two Crossing Boundaries: Rita Gross and the Transformation of Patriarchal Buddhism -- Crossing Boundaries -- Trauma and Longing -- A Feminist Reading of the Buddhist Tradition -- Indigenous Buddhist Feminism -- Transforming Trauma and Longing -- The Practice of Grief and Leaning into Anger -- Conclusion. |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4384-9802-7 |
