The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism

Ann Gleig is Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida. She is author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity. She serves as an editor at the Journal of Global Buddhism.Scott A. Mitchell is Dean of Students and Faculty Affairs and Yoshitaka Tamai Professorial Chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He is the author of The Making of American Buddhism and Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts.

• Introduction, Ann Gleig and Scott A. Mitchell Section I: Foundations1. American Buddhism, Modernity, and Globalization, Christopher Emory-Moore2. The History of Buddhism in the United States, Thomas Calobrisi3. Identities I: Race and Whiteness, Ann Gleig4. Identities II: Gender and Sexuality, Amy Langenberg5. American Buddhist Studies and Scholar-Practitioners, Scott A. Mitchell Section II: Traditions6. Chinese Buddhism in America, Rongdao Lai7. Pure Land Buddhism in America, Jesse J. Lee8. Zen Buddhism in America, Ben Van Overmeire 9. Korean Buddhism in America, Claudia Schippert 10. Theravada Buddhism in America, Erik Braun 11. Nichiren Buddhism in America, Ralph H. Craig III12. Vietnamese Buddhism in America, Todd LeRoy Perreira13. Tibetan Buddhism in America, Holly Gayley and Joshua Brallier14. American Buddhism and Judaism, Jay Michaelson Section III: Practices15. Buddhist Monasticism in North America, Luke Clossey and Karen Ferguson16. Food in American Buddhism, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley 17. Mindfulness and Meditation in the U.S., Nalika Gajaweera18. American Buddhism and Healthcare, C. Pierce Salguero19. Ritual, Rituals, and Ritualizing in American Buddhism, Richard K. Payne 20. Engaged Buddhism in the U.S., Funie Hsu/Chhi Section IV: Frames21. American Buddhism and Secularism, Kin Cheung 22. American Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Ira Helderman 23. American Buddhism and Technology, Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger24. American Buddhist Education and Pedagogy, Judith Simmer-Brown 25. American Buddhist Chaplaincy Supervision, Jitsujo T. Gauthier26. Buddhist Material Culture in the U.S., Peter Romaskiewicz 27. American Buddhism and Visual Culture, Winston C. Kyan 28. Buddhism and American Literature, Kimberly Beek

The contributors primarily are professors and other scholars, and the book makes a real contribution by presenting American Buddhism at the present and the near future.