[Announcement] CJBS Special Issue : Buddhism and Social Change (2020)

We are glad to announce that the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies’ 2020 special issue Buddhism and Social Change was published and is now available for online reading.

Please see below for the issue’s table of contents

Introduction of the Special Issue By Wendi Adamek, University of Calgary Articles As If This Is Home By Wendi Adamek, University of Calgary Chan Practitioners as Agents of Social Change By Rebecca S.K. Li, The College of New Jersey Ecodharma: a new Buddhist path? By David Loy, Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center Pragmatism, Institutionalism, and Buddhism: Toward a Synthesis for Socially Engaged Buddhist Economics By Joel Magnuson, Willamette University Book Reviews A Yogācāra Buddhist Theory of Metaphor By Richard K. Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Graduate Theological Union Buddhist Stone Sutras in China Sichuan Province Volume 3 By Elizabeth Guthrie, University of Waterloo Reincarnation in Tibetan Buddhism By Colin H. Simonds, Queen’s University News and Views “Reimagining East Asian Buddhism: Wuyue Foundations of Song Dynasty Buddhism and Beyond:” A Talk by Professor Albert Welter By Jisi Fu, Fudan University, and Jing Le, East China Normal University “The Life-world of Chinese Buddhism: Temple-town Relationship and Everyday Life in Jiangnan:” A Talk By Professor Tang Zhongmao By Jing Le, East China Normal University Tibetan Monastic Education: Challenges and Reforms By Weiyu Lin, University of British Columbia “‘How to Milk a Painted Cow:’ Considering the Buddhist View of Emptiness:” A Lecture by Khenpo Chöying Dorjee at UBC, February 28, 2019 By Sarah Fink, University of British Columbia On Chinese Qin and Chan Buddhism Literature: A Lecture by Dr. Huqun Li By Maggie Mitchell, University of British Columbia, and Sarah Fink, University of British Columbia Reflections on Attending the Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies (2019) By Gerjan Altenburg, McMaster University Naturalizing Buddhism: Tradition and Tension: A Reflection on Bernard Faure’s Leslie S. Kawamura Memorial Lecture at the University of Calgary (March 29, 2019) By Josh Ereshefsky, University of Calgary The Oriental Nun and Representation of Buddhist Female Monastics or Monasticism: An Interview with Elizabeth Guthrie (University of Waterloo) By Ngoc B. Le, Simon Fraser University The Politics and Pathways of Return: Trans-regional Perspectives on a Buddhist Homeland (June 28-29, 2019): A Conference Report By Ngoc B. Le, Simon Fraser University Autumn Canadian Conferences By Jeffrey Kotyk, McMaster University Thai Forest Buddhism Enters the British Columbian Forest: A talk by Luke Clossey and Karen Ferguson at Simon Fraser University By Liam Foster, Simon Fraser University “All Living Beings Have Buddha-Nature:” the Genesis of the Concept of Universal Buddhahood: A Lecture by Dr. Michael Zimmermann at UBC By Sarah Fink, University of British Columbia Premodern Japanese Studies International Conference at McGill, 10-11 October 2019 By Alex Dieplam, McGill University In the Present Moment: Buddhism, Contemporary Art and Social Practice (October 25-27, 2019): A research convening report By Marina DiMaio, Curatorial Assistant, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Religion and Politics in Bhutan: An Interview with Dr. Dagmar Schwerk By Ngoc B. Le, Simon Fraser University “Did Women Produce Buddhist Texts in Medieval China? And Does it Matter if they did?:” Lecture by Stephanie Balkwill By Sarah Fink, University of British Columbia New Paths in Teaching Buddhist Studies: Conference Report By John Negru, Independent Scholar, Publisher at Sumeru Books

If you are interested in sharing news of conferences, speakers, research projects, scholarships, book publications and launches, and other items of interest to Buddhist scholars on the CJBS News blog, please get in touch with the Journal Manager Ngoc LE at cjbs@sfu.ca. Featured image: Photo by Rob Curran on Unsplash