Introduction to Engaged Buddhism

Paul Fuller is Teaching Fellow in Buddhist Studies at the University of Edinburgh, UK

• List of FiguresAcknowledgementsAbbreviations1. Introduction: Engaged Buddhism2. The Foundations of Engaged Buddhism3. Beyond Belief: The Danger of Attachment to Views in Engaged Buddhism4. Dismantling Metaphysics: Nirvana, Rebirth, and Interdependence5. Left, Right and the Middle-Way: Engaged Buddhism and Politics6. Eco-Engaged Buddhism7. Suffering, Sexuality and Gender8. Ethnocentric Engaged Buddhism9. Buddhism on the Edge, Buddhists Offended: Engaged Buddhism and Blasphemy10. Conclusion: All Buddhism is Engaged?BibliographyIndex

In this timely text, Paul Fuller updates and revitalizes scholarship on the increasing proliferation of engaged Buddhist expressions across a global landscape. In addition to illuminating key themes, he advances the category beyond its normative liberal and progressive boundaries by arguing persuasively that ethnocentric forms of Buddhism are also engaged. Compelling and clearly written, An Introduction to Engaged Buddhism is a must-read for both scholars and practitioners of Engaged Buddhism.