Faculty Research

I’m the Dean of Students and Faculty Affairs. This means I’m chiefly responsible for working […]

For the last year, IBS Dean Scott Mitchell has served as a guest editor for […]

A new anthology of Pure Land texts and commentaries, edited by Georgios T. Halkias and […]

From the AAR’s Reading Religions: Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue […]

The Harvard Divinity School’s Buddhist Ministry Initiative presented a conference on: Education and Buddhist Ministry: […]

On Friday, February 20, 2015, the IBS, with Wisdom Publications, hosted the symposium “Mindfulness: Three […]

The Mindfulness and Compassion: The Art and Science of Contemplative Practice conference brings together internationally […]

Wisdom Publications has released a new book by noted Shin Buddhist scholar Takamaro Shigaraki, Heart […]

The categorization of Buddhism along geo-political lines is perhaps the most common organizing principle today. It also tends to be accepted uncritically. Thus we find, without explanation, such expressions as “Indian Buddhism,” “Tibetan Buddhism,” “Chinese Buddhism,” “Burmese Buddhism,” and so on. These categories predominate not only in popular representations of Buddhism, such as the Buddhist magazines, but also in textbooks of both “world’s religions” and of Buddhism, in academic societies, and publishing, and perhaps the most durable entrenchment, in academic appointments.

A new book is being published by Wisdom Publications, titled The Arts of Contemplative Care, […]

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Routledge has published a new volume, edited by David L. McMahan, titled Buddhism in the Modern World.

In Buddhism in the Modern World, McMahan brings together sixteen scholars to discuss various aspects of modern Buddhism in contemporary Asia and the West. Scholars from Martin Baumann and Paul David Numrich to Damien Keown and Cristina Rocha explore how Buddhism is practiced from Southeast Asia to Europe, how it influences ethics and social engagement, culture and politics.

How Much is Enough? Buddhism, Consumerism, and the Human Environment

A new volume of essays edited by IBS Dean Richard K. Payne has recently been published by Wisdom Publications.

The Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Seminary for Shin Buddhist Ministry and Buddhist Research, and the Numata Center for Buddhist Translation and Research both at Berkeley, announced the publication of the second of three volumes titled, “Path of No Path—Contemporary Studies in Pure Land Buddhism.”