Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith--the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range，teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest turning of the Dharma. Environmentalism and peace walks through the minefields of Southeast Asia, the future of the 'untouchables' of Japan，and outreach to minorities and inmates of the criminal justice system in the West are some of the challenging topics considered.
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1. Christopher Queen，Introduction Part I - Historical Roots 2. Stephen Jenkins, Do Bodhisattvas Relieve Poverty? 3. Daniel Zelinski，Dogen's Ceaseless Practice 4. Jacqueline I. Stone，Nichiren's Activist Heirs：Soka Gakkai，Rissho Kosekai，Nipponzan Myohoji Part II - Asian Developments 5. Susan M. Darlington，Buddhism and Development：The Ecology Monks of Thailand 6. Matthew Weiner，Contemplative Social Action：The Peacework of Maha Ghosanda 7. George D. Bond，The Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement's Quest for Peace 8. C. Julia Huang，The Buddhist Tzu-Chi Foundation in Taiwan 9. Frank Tedesco，Social Engagement in South Korean Buddhism 10. Leslie D. Alldrit，The Burakumin：Oppression or Liberation in Buddhism? Part III - Western Frontiers 11. Harriet Kirkley，Engaged and Meditating：Vipassana Hawaii's Burmese Connection 12. Sharon Smith, Widening the Circle：Black Communities and Western Buddhist Convert Sanghas 13. Virginia Cohn Parkum and J. Anthony Stulz，Symbol and Narration in Buddhist Prison Ministry Part IV - Three Critiques 14. James E. Deitrick，Engaged Buddhist Ethics：Mistaking the Boat for the Shore 15. Derek S. Jeffreys, Does Buddhism Need Human Rights? 16. Thomas Freeman Yarnall，Engaged Buddhism：New and Improved?
