New Books in Buddhist Studies
Interviews with Scholars of Buddhism about their New Books
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 387
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Vanessa R. Sasson, "The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women" (Equinox, 2023)
After the Buddha’s enlightenment, his aunt and adoptive mother, Mahapajapati Gotami, asks him to ordain women and welcome them into his new monastic community. The Buddha declines to fulfill her requ…
00:58:11 |
Sat 30 Dec 2023
Ralph H. Craig, "Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner" (Eerdmans, 2023)
When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll in the 1980s, she attributed her comeback to one thing: the wisdom and power she found in Buddhism. Her spiritual transformation is…
01:03:56 |
Fri 29 Dec 2023
Alice Collett, "Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History" (Oxford UP, 2016)
Dr. Alice Collett’s monograph Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History (Oxford University Press, 2016) delves into the lives of six of the best-known nuns from the period of early Buddhis…
01:06:48 |
Tue 26 Dec 2023
Reading the Stars: When Divination Meets Politics in Thailand
What does astrology, palm-reading and fortune telling have to do with politics in Thailand, and how can we make sense of these divination practices and their use in Thai politics? Listen to Edoardo S…
00:27:23 |
Fri 22 Dec 2023
Tyler Dalton McNabb and Erik Baldwin, "Classical Theism and Buddhism: Connecting Metaphysical and Ethical Systems" (Bloomsbury, 2023)
In addition to denying the existence of a substantial, enduring self, Buddhists are usually understood to deny the existence of a God or gods. However, in Classical Theism and Buddhism: Connecting Me…
01:09:41 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Oren Jay Sofer, "Your Heart Was Made for This: Contemplative Practices for Meeting a World in Crisis with Courage, Integrity, and Love" (Shambhala, 2023)
What is the role of contemplative practice in times of crisis? And how can meditation actually support us in meeting the greatest challenges of our time?
Oren Jay Sofer takes up these questions in hi…
00:53:45 |
Sun 10 Dec 2023
David McMahan on Rethinking Meditation
If anything, the Imperfect Buddha Podcast has been a rallying cry for the disruption of the myths that abound in the world of Buddhism and meditation. David L. McMahan professor of religion at Frankl…
01:12:48 |
Mon 04 Dec 2023
Shuchen Xiang, "Chinese Cosmopolitanism: The History and Philosophy of an Idea" (Princeton UP, 2023)
A provocative defense of a forgotten Chinese approach to identity and difference. Historically, the Western encounter with difference has been catastrophic: the extermination and displacement of abor…
01:29:30 |
Wed 29 Nov 2023
Lama Rod Owens, "The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors" (Sounds True, 2023)
Lama Rod Owens is an author, activist, and authorized lama in the Karma Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. In his new book, The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors (Sounds True, 2023)…
01:03:38 |
Sun 19 Nov 2023
Jenny Odell, "Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock" (Random House, 2023)
In her first book, How to Do Nothing, artist Jenny Odell examined the power of quiet contemplation in a world where our attention is bought and sold. Now, she takes up the question of how to find spa…
00:51:42 |
Sat 18 Nov 2023
Ross Gay, "The Book of (More) Delights: Essays" (Algonquin Books, 2023)
In 2016, poet Ross Gay set out to document a delight each day for a year. After he published The Book of Delights, his friend asked him if he planned to continue his practice. Five years later, he be…
00:44:25 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
A Chinese-American Buddhist Healer (Pierce Salguero and Kin Cheung)
Dr. Pierce Salguero sits down with Kin Cheung, a scholar of contemporary Buddhism at Moravian University. We talk about his research on a Chinese-American community healer who happens to be his fathe…
00:56:40 |
Sat 11 Nov 2023
A.I. and Practice with Stuart Baldwin
The technological revolution we are facing today is artificial intelligence. At least this is what we are told. Those doing the telling include tech experts such as Elon Musk, linguist Noam Chomsky, …
02:14:43 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Ralph H. Craig III, "Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner" (Eerdmans, 2023)
If you don’t know Tina Turner’s spirituality, you don’t know Tina.
When Tina Turner reclaimed her throne as the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll in the 1980s, she attributed her comeback to one thing: the wisd…
01:22:52 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
Vanessa R. Sasson, "The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women" (Equinox, 2023)
Vanessa R. Sasson's book The Gathering: A Story of the First Buddhist Women (Equinox, 2023) is a retelling of the story of the first Buddhist women's request for ordination. Inspired by the Therigath…
00:53:53 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
Wake up! (Part 3) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 3.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is an ambitious project designed to l…
00:51:55 |
Thu 02 Nov 2023
Wake up! (Part 2) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 2.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is an ambitious project designed to l…
00:28:29 |
Thu 26 Oct 2023
Cleric, Cadre, Businessman: China’s Development Strategy in Sri Lanka
What does Buddhism have to do with harbors? Find out how China is leveraging religion in its foreign policy and why it is a vital part of China's soft power strategy, aligned closely with domestic po…
00:32:53 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Wake up! (Part 1) An Antidote to Stupidity in Three Parts
Wake up! Antidote to stupidity in three parts. This is part 1.
What follows is a three-part series on waking up to non-buddhism as an antidote to stupidity. This is an ambitious project designed to …
00:26:56 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Buddhist Healing in Contemporary Japan (with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon)
Dr Pierce Salguero talks with Rev. Nathan Jishin Michon, a postdoctoral fellow at Ryukoku University and an ordained priest in the Shingon Buddhist tradition. Our conversation touches on diverse Budd…
01:04:19 |
Tue 10 Oct 2023
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