Teaching Buddhism in the West: From the Wheel to the Web

ISBN-13: 9780700715572 / Miękka / 2002 / 264 str.

James Mark Shields

Opis

This book provides a series of thematically arranged articles written by contemporary scholars of Buddhism throughout North America.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements Introduction by Victor Sogen Hori List of Contributors Teaching Buddhism: Past and Present Teaching Buddhism in the Postmodern University: Understanding, Critique, Evaluation Frank E. Reynolds Buddhist Studies in the Academy: History and Analysis Charles S. Prebish What is Buddhism? Representations of Buddhism in Undergraduate Teaching: The Centrality of Ritual and Story Narratives Todd T. Lewis Moving Beyond the 'ism': A Critique of the Objective Approach to Teaching Buddhism O'Hyun Park Cultural Divides Black Ships, Bravatsky, and the Pizza Effect: Critical Self-Consciousness as a Thematic Foundation for Courses in Buddhist Studies Stephen Jenkins An End-run round Entities: Using Scientific Analogies to Teach Basis Buddhist Concepts William S. Waldron Skilful Means Engaging Buddhism: Creative Tasks and Student Participation Joanne Wotypka The Peripatetic Class: Buddhist Traditions and Myths of Pedagogy E.H. Rick Jarow Buddha Body, Buddha Mind Buddhism and the Teaching of Judo David Waterhouse Introducing Buddhism in a Course on Postmodernism Susan Mattis Zen in the Classroom Zen and the Art of Not Teaching Zen and the Arts: An Autopsy Ronald L. Grimes Liberal Education and the Teaching of Buddhism Victor Sogen Hori The Wheel Comes to the Web Teaching Buddhism by Distance Education: Traditional and Web-based Approaches Mavis L. Fenn Academic Buddhology and the Cyber-Sangha: Researching and Teaching Buddhism on the Web Brett Greider

O autorze

Richard P. Hayes, Victor Sogen Hori, James Mark Sheilds