Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States (eBook)

Searching for a New Model in Higher Education

Tanya Storch (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
136 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8409-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book investigates Buddhist universities in the United States, each of which offers degrees in liberal arts and professional fields while simultaneously educating their students in the philosophy and practices of Buddhism.

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Buddhist-Based Universities in the United States: Searching for a New Model in Higher Education investigates in depth four American Buddhist universities, namely, the Dharma Realm Buddhist University, the University of the West, the Soka University of America, and the Naropa University, all of which offer degrees in liberal arts and professional fields, and at the same time educate their students in the philosophy and practices of Buddhism. Buddhist universities in the United States are unique because there are no comparable universities based on the philosophy and practices of other Asian religions also popular in the United States, such as Hinduism, Confucianism, or Sikhism. Even the Jewish community has created only two universities in which professional skills and liberal arts are taught from the position of the moral-philosophical principles of Judaism. This book presents the institutional history and academic programs of four Buddhist universities in America and analyzes Buddhist-based pedagogical principles, as well as teaching and learning techniques, which can be very useful for other colleges and universities in the United States.

Autor

Tanya Storch is professor of religious studies at the University of the Pacific.

Inhalt

Chapter One: University of the WestChapter Two: The Dharma Realm Buddhist UniversityChapter Three: Naropa UniversityChapter Four: Soka University of AmericaChapter Five: Buddhist PedagogyConclusion: Conversation

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.5.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
• Schlagworte: Buddhist-based padagogy • Buddhist universities • compassion-based classroom • Dharma Realm Buddhist University • Ikeda Daisaku • interconnectedness as educational strategy • mindfulness-based liberal arts education • Naropa University • Soka Gakkai International • Soka University of America • Trungpa Rinpoche • University of the West • Xingyun • Xuan Hua
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8409-1 / 0739184091
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8409-7 / 9780739184097