I General

VI Buddhism in Asia
II The Theravada Tradition VII Buddhism outside Asia
III The Mahayana Tradition VIII Social & Political Topics

IV Ch’an/Zen Buddhism

IX Buddhism and the Arts
V Tibetan Buddhism X Miscellany

 

VII – Buddhism outside Asia

Almond, Philip C. The British Discovery of Buddhism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University
Press, 1988.

Ames, Van Meter. Zen and American Thought. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press,
1962.

Batchelor, Stephen. The Awakening of the West: The Encounter of Buddhism and Western Culture.
Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1994.

Chadwick, David, ed. To Shine One Corner of the World: Moments with Shunryu Suzuki. New
York: Broadway Books, 2001.

Coleman, James William. The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition.
Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Croucher, Paul. A History of Buddhism in Australia, 1848-1988. Kensington: New South Wales
University Press, 1989.

de Jong, J.W. A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America. Tokyo: Kosei Publ.,
1997.

Downing, Michael. Shoes Outside the Door: Desire, Devotion and Excess at San Francisco Zen Center.
Washington, DC: Counterpoint Press, 2002.

Farber, Don and Rick Fields. Taking Refuge in L.A.: Life in a Vietnamese Buddhist Temple.
New York: Aperture Foundation, 1987.

Fields, Rick. How the Swans Came to the Lake: A Narrative History of Buddhism in America.
Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 3rd ed., 1992.

Hammond, Phillip E. and David W. MacHacek. Soka Gakkai in America: Accommodation and
Conversion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

Humphreys, Christmas. Sixty Years of Buddhism in England (1906-1967). London: Buddhist
Society, 1968.

Hunter, Louise. Buddhism in Hawaii. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, 1971.

Hurst, Jane. Nichiren Shoshu Buddhism and the Soka Gakkai in America: The Ethos of a
New Religious Movement. New York: Garland Press, 1992.

Layman, Emma. Buddhism in America. Chicago, IL: Nelson-Hall, 1976.

McLellan, Janet. Many Petals of the Lotus: Asian Buddhist Communities in Toronto. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 1999.

MacHacek, David W. and Bryan Wilson, eds. Global Citizens: The Soka Gakkai Buddhist
Movement in the World. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001.

Metraux, Daniel. The Lotus and the Maple Leaf: The Soka Gakkai Buddhist Movement
in Canada. Lewiston, NY: University Press of America, 1996.

Numrich, Paul David. Old Wisdom in the New World: Americanization in Two Immigrant
Theravada Buddhist Temples. Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1996.

Oliver, Ian P. Buddhism in Britain. London: Rider, 1979.

Prebish, Charles S. Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 1999.

Prebish, Charles S. and Martin Bauman, eds. Westward Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Asia.
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2002.

Prebish, Charles S. and Kenneth K. Tanaka, eds. The Faces of Buddhism in America. Berkeley,
CA: University of California Press, 1998.

Rapaport, Al and Brian Hotchkiss, eds. Buddhism in America: Proceedings of the First Buddhism in
America Conference. Rutland,VT: Charles E. Tuttle, 1998.

Sangharakshita. New Currents in Western Buddhism. Glasgow: Windhorse, 1990.

Seager, Richard Hugh. Buddhism in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 1999.

Snow, David A. Shakubuku: A Study of the Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Movement in America,
1960-1975. New York: Garland, 1993.

Spuler, Michelle. Developments in Australian Buddhism: Facets of the Diamond. New York:
RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.

Storlie, Erik Fraser. Nothing on My Mind: An Intimate Account of American Zen. Boston, MA:
Shambhala, 1996.

Tamney, Joseph B. American Society in the Buddhist Mirror. New York: Garland, 1992.

Tuck, Donald. Buddhist Churches of America: Jodo Shinshu. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press,
1987.

Tweed, Thomas A. The American Encounter with Buddhism, 1844-1912: Victorian Culture and the
Limits of Dissent. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2000.

Tworkov, Helen. Zen in America: Five Teachers and the Search for an American Buddhism. San
Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1989.

Van Esterik, Penny. Taking Refuge: Lao Buddhists in North America. Tempe, AZ: Program for
Southeast Asian Studies, Arizona State University, 1992.

Welbon, Guy R. The Buddhist Nirvana and Its Western Interpreters. Chicago, IL: University of
Chicago Press, 1968.

Wenger, Michael, ed. Wind Bell: Teachings from the San Francisco Zen Center, 1968-2001. Berkeley,
CA: North Atlantic Books, 2001.

Williams, Duncan Ryuken and Christopher S. Queen, eds. American Buddhism: Methods
and Findings in Recent Scholarship. Richmond, UK: Curzon, 1999.

 

 

 

 

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VIII – Social & Political Topics

Badiner, Allan Hunt, ed. Dharma Gaia: A Harvest of Essays in Buddhism and Ecology. Berkeley,
CA: Parallax Press, 1990.

Batchelor, Martine and Kerry Brown, eds. Buddhism and Ecology. London: Cassell, 1992.

Boucher, Sandy. Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism. Boston, MA:
Beacon Press, 1993.

Cabezón, José Ignacio, ed. Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender. Albany, NY: State University of
New York Press, 1992.

Chappell, David W., ed. Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace. Boston, MA: Wisdom,
1999.

de Silva, Padmasiri. Environmental Philosophy and Ethics in Buddhism. London: Palgrave
Macmillan, 1998.

Dresser, Marianne, ed. Buddhist Women on the Edge: Contemporary Perspectives from the Western
Frontier. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1996.

Eppsteiner, Fred, ed. The Path of Compassion: Writings on Socially Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley,
CA: Parallax Press, 1988.

Faure, Bernard. The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 2003.

Faure, Bernard. The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 1998.

Findley, Ellison Banks, ed. Women’s Buddhism, Buddhism’s Women: Tradition, Revision,
Renewal. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 2000.

Friedman, Lenore. Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America. Boston, MA:
Shambhala, 1987.

Friedman, Lenore and Susan Moon, eds. Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of
Embodiment. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 1997.

Glassman, Bernard. Bearing Witness: A Zen Master’s Lessons in Making Peace. New York: Bell
Tower, 1999.

Gross, Rita M. Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of
Buddhism. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1993.

Halifax, Joan. The Fruitful Darkness: Reconnecting with the Body of the Earth. New York:
HarperCollins, 1993.

Harris, Ian, ed. Buddhism and Politics in Twentieth Century Asia. London: Pinter-Cassell, 1999.

Hershock, Peter D. Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age. Albany,
NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.

Inada, Kenneth K. and Nolan Jacobsen, eds. Buddhism and American Thinkers. Albany, NY:
State University of New York Press, 1984.

Jones, Ken. Beyond Optimism: A Buddhist Political Ecology. Oxford, UK: Jon Carpenter, 1993.

Jones, Ken. The Social Face of Buddhism: An Approach to Social and Political Activism. London:
Wisdom, 1989.

Kapleau, Roshi Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist Case for Becoming Vegetarian. New York:
HarperCollins, 1982.

Kapleau, Roshi Philip. To Cherish All Life: A Buddhist View of Animal Slaughter and Meat Eating.
Rochester, NY: The Zen Center, 1981.

Kaza, Stephanie and Kenneth Kraft, eds. Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism.
Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2000.

Keown, Damien. Buddhism and Bioethics. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1995.

Keown, Damien, ed. Buddhism and Abortion. London: Macmillan, 1998.

Keown, Damien, et al., eds. Buddhism and Human Rights. London: Curzon, 1998.

Khong, Chan. Learning True Love: How I Learned and Practiced Social Change in Vietnam.
Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1993.

Klein, Anne C. Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists and the Art of the Self. Boston,
MA: Beacon Press, 1995.

Kotler, Arnold, ed. Engaged Buddhist Reader. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 1996.

Kraft, Kenneth. The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path. New York:
Weatherhill, 2000.

Kraft, Kenneth, ed. Inner Peace, World Peace: Essays on Buddhism and Nonviolence. Albany, NY:
State University of New York Press, 1992.

LaFleur, William. Liquid Life: Abortion and Buddhism in Japan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton
University Press, 1992.

Leyland, Winston, ed. Queer Dharma: Voices of Gay Buddhists, Vol. 1. San Francisco, CA:
Gay Sunshine Press, 1998.

Lopez, Donald S., Jr., ed. Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism.
Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995.

Macy, Joanna. Dharma and Development: Religion as Resource in the Sarvodaya Self-help Movement.
West Hartford, CT: Kumarian Press, revised ed., 1985.

Michael, Franz H. Rule by Incarnation: Tibetan Buddhism and its Role in Society and State.
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1982.

Nakasone, Ronald Y. Ethics of Enlightenment: Essays and Sermons in Search of a Buddhist Ethic.
Fremont, CA: Dharma Cloud Publ., 1990.

Nhat Hanh, Thich. Interbeing: Fourteen Guidelines for Engaged Buddhism. Berkeley, CA: Parallax
Press, revised ed., 1993.

Padmasuri. But Little Dust: Life Amongst the “Ex-Untouchable” Buddhists of India. New York:
Weatherhill, 1997.

Prebish, Charles S., ed. Buddhist Ethics: A Cross-Cultural Approach. Dubuque, IA: Kendal/
Hunt Publ., 1992.

Preston, David L. The Social Organization of Zen Practice: Constructing Transcultural Reality.
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Queen, Christopher S., Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, eds. Action Dharma: New
Studies in Engaged Buddhism. London: Curzon, 2003.

Queen, Christopher S., ed. Engaged Buddhism in the West. Boston, MA: Wisdom, 2000.

Queen, Christopher S. and Sallie B. King, ed. Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements
in Asia. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.

Ray, Himanshu P. Monastery and Guild: Commerce under the Satavahanas. Delhi: Oxford
University Press, 1986.

Sherrill, Martha. The Buddha from Brooklyn. New York: Random House, 2000.

Sidor, Ellen S., ed. A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism. Cumberland, RI:
Primary Point Press, 1987.

Sivaraksa, Sulak. Seeds of Peace: A Buddhist Vision for Renewing Society. Berkeley, CA: Parallax
Press, 1991.

Sizemore, Russell F. and Donald K. Swearer, eds. Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in
Buddhist Social Ethics. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1990.

Snyder, Gary. A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds. Washington, DC:
Counterpoint, 1995.

Snyder, Gary. The Practice of the Wild. San Francisco, CA: North Point Press, 1990.

Snyder, Gary. The Real Work: Interviews and Talks, 1964-1979. New York: New Directions,
1980.

Tonkinson, Carole, ed. Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation. New York: Riverhead
Books, 1995.

Topmiller, Robert J. The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964-
1966. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe, ed. Buddhism Through American Women’s Eyes. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion,
1995.

Ueki, Masatoshi. Gender Equality in Buddhism. New York: Peter Lang, 2001.

Victoria, Brian. Zen at War. New York: Weatherhill, 1997.

Williams, Duncan Ryuken. Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions,
1997.

 

 

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