"The Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world's great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature, ritual, and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism, the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics, as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms, examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures, ancient doctrines, and cosmological beliefs."--Provided by publisher. Chapter Introduction -- John Powers part PART I: THE HISTORICAL AND GEO-POLITICAL BUDDHIST WORLD -- chapter 1 Buddhas and Buddhisms -- John Powers chapter 2 Indian Buddhist Narratives about the Buddha, his Community, and his Teachings -- Karen C. Lang chapter 3 Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Craig J. Reynolds chapter 4 Sinitic Buddhism in China, Korea, and Japan -- Scott Pacey chapter 5 Himalayan Buddhism: Traditions Among the Newars and Other Tibeto- Burman Peoples -- Todd Lewis chapter 6 Time Travel in Tibet: Tantra, Terma, and Tulku -- Mark Stevenson chapter 7 The Emergence of American Buddhism -- Charles S. Prebish part PART II: THE RELIGIO-PHILOSOPHICAL BUDDHIST WORLD -- chapter 8 Abhidharma -- Joseph Walser chapter 9 Ethics -- Daniel Cozort chapter 10 Orthodoxy, Canon, and Heresy -- Jamie Hubbard chapter 11 Language -- Mario D'Amato chapter 12 The Pure Land in the History of Chinese Buddhism -- Charles B. Jones chapter 13 Buddha-Nature and the Logic of Pantheism -- Douglas Duckworth chapter 14 Body -- David Gardiner chapter 15 Buddhist Art for the World -- Marylin M. Rhie chapter 16 Death and Afterlife -- Paul Hackett chapter 17 Buddhism and Modernity -- Jay L. Garfield part PART III: THE BUDDHIST SOCIAL WORLD -- chapter 18 Buddhism and Gender Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- chapter 19 A History of Buddhist Ritual -- Todd Lewis chapter 20 Magic and Buddhism -- Craig J. Reynolds chapter 21 Merit -- Douglas Osto chapter 22 Buddhist Sectarianism -- chapter 23 Community -- D. Mitra Barua chapter 24 The Buddhist Sangha: Buddhism's Monastic and Lay Communities -- Charles S. Prebish chapter 25 Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Practice -- Scott Pacey chapter 26 Buddhist Environmental Imaginaries -- Susan M. Darlington chapter 27 Renouncing the World, Renouncing the Family -- Geoff Childs chapter 28 Towards a Buddhist Theory of the 'Just War' -- Damien Keown part PART IV: BIOGRAPHIES -- chapter 29 The Buddha -- Richard P. Hayes chapter 30 Nāgārjuna -- Joseph Walser chapter 31 Vasubandhu: Constructing a Buddhist Mainstream -- Jonathan C. Gold chapter 32 Dignāga and Dharmakīrti on Perception and Self-awareness -- Christian Coseru chapter 33 Wonhyo -- A. Charles Muller chapter 34 Dōgen -- Steven Heine chapter 35 Milarepa -- Ruth Gamble chapter 36 Tsongkhapa -- John Powers chapter 37 Nichiren -- Daniel A. Métraux chapter 38 Thich Nhat Hanh -- John Powers chapter 39 Master Yinshun -- Bhikkhu Bodhi chapter 40 Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama -- John Powers chapter 41 Buddhadāsa Bhikkhu -- Royce Wiles. "The Buddhist world joins a series of books on the world's great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature, ritual, and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism, the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics, as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms, examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures, ancient doctrines, and cosmological beliefs."--Publisher description
