Prophetic Wisdom

Prophetic Wisdom

Engaged Buddhism's Struggle for Social Justice and Complete Liberation

Strain, Charles R.

State University of New York Press

12/2024

295

Mole

9781438498003

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: The Prophetic Wisdom of Elders

1. Like a Fire in the Bones: The Prophetic Voice

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #1: Cries of the Crows: A Buddhist Take on the Prophetic Voice

2. Crossing Boundaries: Rita Gross and the Transformation of Patriarchal Buddhism

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #2: Reading a Buddhist Classic of Mother's Grief against the Grain

3. Thich Nhat Hanh: A Buddhist Monk in the Conflagration of War

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #3: Sea Pirates, Nazis, and the Need for Moral Judgment

4. Joanna Macy and the Work That Reconnects

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key # 4: Bearing Witness to the Suffering of Our Time

5. B. R. Ambedkar: The Annihilation of Caste and the Liberation of the Dalits

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key # 5: Gautama's Leave-Taking

Part II: Liberation in the American Context

6. The American Jeremiad: Creating the City upon a Hill

7. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: America's Jeremiah

Buddhist Reflections in a Prophetic Key #6: Reinventing Buddhism in a Hostile Society

Part III: From Prophecy to Praxis: Strategic Action and Social Liberation

8. Nonviolent Action: The Dynamics of Love, Power, and Justice

9. From Prophecy to Praxis: Thinking Strategically about Action

10. Facing Up to Evil, Abolishing Our Racial Caste System

Conclusion

Notes
Works Cited
Index
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