Buddhist Responses to Globalization

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism-arguably the world's first transnational religion-is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays highlights the relevance of Buddhist doctrine and practice to issues of globalization. From philosophical, religious, historical, and political perspectives, the authors show that Buddhism—arguably the world’s first transnational religion—is a rich resource for navigating todays interconnected world.

Introduction, James Mark Shields and Leah Kalmanson Part I: Globalization as Spatial, Cultural, and Economic Deterritorialization 1) Squaring Freedom with Equity: Challenging the Karma of the Globalization of Choice, Peter D. Hershock 2) Alice Walker, the Grand Mother, and a Buddhist-Womanist Response to Globalization, Carolyn M. Jones Medine 3) Religious Change as Glocalization: The Case of Shin Buddhism in Honolulu, Ugo Dessi 4) From Topos to Utopia: Critical Buddhism, Globalization, and Ideology Criticism, James Mark Shields Part II: Normative Responses to Globalization 5) An Inexhaustible Storehouse for an Insurmountable Debt: A Buddhist Reading of Reparations, Leah Kalmanson 6) Engaged Buddhism and Liberation Theologies: Fierce Compassion as a Mode of Justice, Melanie L. Harris 7) World, Nothing, and Globalization in Nishida and Nancy, John W. M. Krummel 8) A Zen Master Meets Contemporary Feminism: Reading Dogen as a Resource for Feminist Philosophy, Erin McCarthy