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Johan Elverskog, “The Buddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia” (U Penn Press, 2020)
Johan Elverskog
The Buddha’s Footprint
An Environmental History of Asia
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 21, 2020 Daigengna Duoer

Challenging the popular image of Buddhism as a religion intrinsically concerned with the environment, Dr. John Elverskog’s new monograph, The Buddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia (University of Pennsylvania Press 2020), demonstrates that Buddhist institutions across Asia have actually been intimately connected to the accumulation of wealth, the consumption... Read More
Richard McBride II, “Doctrine and Practice in Medieval Korean Buddhism: The Collected Works of Ŭich’ŏn” (U Hawaii Press, 2016)
Richard McBride II
Doctrine and Practice in Medieval Korean Buddhism
The Collected Works of Ŭich’ŏn
University of Hawaii Press, 2016

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network May 12, 2020 Travis McManis

Today I talked to Richard McBride II about Doctrine and Practice in Medieval Korean Buddhism: The Collected Works of Ŭich’ŏn (University of Hawaii Press, 2016). The book is a comprehensive study of the Koryŏ (918-1392) Buddhist exegete, Ŭichŏn, that convey’s his life and work through letters, speeches, memorials, addresses, and... Read More
Gregory A. Scott, “Building the Buddhist Revival: Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China” (Oxford UP, 2020)
Gregory A. Scott
Building the Buddhist Revival
Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China
Oxford University Press, 2020

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network April 16, 2020 Daigengna Duoer

Gregory A. Scott‘s Building the Buddhist Revival: Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China (Oxford University Press, 2020) is the first major work in any language to address the topic of Buddhist monastery reconstructions. This book focuses on reconstructions of Buddhist monasteries in modern China that took place in the period from... Read More
C. Baker and P. Phongpaichit, “From the Fifty Jātaka: Selections from the Thai Paññāsa Jātaka” (Silkworm Books, 2019)
Dr. Chris Baker and Prof. Pasuk Phongpaichit
From the Fifty Jātaka
Selections from the Thai Paññāsa Jātaka
Silkworm Books, 2019

New Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in Literary StudiesNew Books in LiteratureNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesNew Books Network April 2, 2020 Alex Carroll

The Jātaka tales, or stories of the Buddha’s previous lives as a bodhisatta, are included in the Pāli Canon and have for centuries been a rich source of inspiration in Theravada Buddhism. In addition to these classical Jātaka, a number of other non-canonical Jātaka tales emerged in Southeast Asia and... Read More
Jin Y. Park, “Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp” (U Hawaii Press, 2017)
Jin Y. Park
Women and Buddhist Philosophy
Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp
University of Hawaii Press, 2017

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in Gender StudiesNew Books in Intellectual HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network March 31, 2020 Trevor McManis

Women and Buddhist Philosophy: Engaging Zen Master Kim Iryŏp (University of Hawaii Press, 2017) by Jin Y. Park, professor of philosophy and religion at American university, is an account of the Korean Buddhist nun, Kim Iryŏp’s life and philosophy, which takes place from 1896-1971. Park eclectically references philosophers, feminists, and... Read More
Stephanie Kaza, “Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times” (Shambhala, 2019)
Stephanie Kaza
Green Buddhism
Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times
Shambhala, 2019

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in Environmental StudiesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Spiritual Practice and MindfulnessNew Books Network February 20, 2020 Jack Petranker

Stephanie Kaza is Professor Emerita of Environmental Studies at the University of Vermont, and has written widely on Buddhism and the environment. She describes herself as a long-time lover of trees, a practicing Zen Buddhist, and an environmentalist. Green Buddhism: Practice and Compassionate Action in Uncertain Times (Shambhala, 2019) collects... Read More
Dr. Alice Collett, “Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History” (Oxford UP, 2016)
Dr. Alice Collett
Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns
Biographies as History
Oxford University Press, 2016

New Books in BiographyNew Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in South Asian Studies January 16, 2020 Alex Carroll

Dr. Alice Collett’s monograph Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History (Oxford University Press, 2016) delves into the lives of six of the best-known nuns from the period of early Buddhism: Dhammadinnā, Khemā, Kisāgotamī, Paṭācārā, Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā, and Uppalavaṇṇā, all of whom are said to have been direct disciples... Read More
M. Sheehy and K-D Mathes, “The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet” (SUNY Press, 2019)
Michael R. Sheehy  and Klaus-Dieter Mathes
The Other Emptiness
Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet
SUNY Press, 2019

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in Central Asian StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network December 23, 2019 Sangseraima Ujeed

Michael R. Sheehy  and Klaus-Dieter Mathes‘s edited collection The Other Emptiness: Rethinking the Zhentong Buddhist Discourse in Tibet (SUNY Press, 2019) brings together perspectives of leading international Tibetan studies scholars on the subject of zhentong or “other-emptiness.” Defined as the emptiness of everything other than the continuous luminous awareness that... Read More
Charles B. Jones, “Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice” (U Hawaii Press, 2019)
Charles B. Jones
Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Understanding a Tradition of Practice
University of Hawai’i Press, 2019

New Books in Buddhist StudiesNew Books in East Asian StudiesNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in ReligionNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books Network November 14, 2019 Lina Verchery

Today’s guest is Charles B. Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the Religion and Culture graduate program in the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America. He will be speaking with us about his new book Chinese Pure Land Buddhism: Understanding a Tradition of Practice,... Read More

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