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Introduction : Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West / Martin Baumann and Charles S. Prebish
Part I. Profiling Global Buddhism : a Description of the Landscape
1. Who Is a Buddhist? : Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures / Thomas A. Tweed
2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West / B. Alan Wallace
3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West / Martin Baumann
4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West : The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies / Charles S. Prebish
Part II. Diffusion : the Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries
5. Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects / Martin Baumann
6. American Buddhism in the Making / Richard Hughes Seager
7. Buddhism in Canada / Bruce Matthews
8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand / Michelle Spuler
9. Buddhism in South Africa / Michel Clasquin
10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society / Frank Usarski
11. Buddha in the Promised Land : Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel /Lionel Obadia
Part III. Change : Adaptations and Innovations
12. Camp Dharma : Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II / Duncan Ryuken Williams
13. The Translating Temple : Diasporic Buddhism in Florida / Douglas M. Padgett
14. Repackaging Zen for the West / David L. McMahan
15. Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism / Sandra Bell
Part IV. Lifestyle : Being a Buddhist in Western Societies
16. The Challenge of Community / Ajahn Tiradhammo
17. Buddhist Nuns : Changes and Challenges / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
18. Neither Monk nor Nun : Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners / Sylvia Wetzel
19. Virtues without Rules : Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement / Gil Fronsdal
Part V. Buddhism Facing New Challenges
20. The Roar of the Lioness : Women's Dharma in the West / Judith Simmer-Brown
21. Engaged Buddhism : Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization / Christopher S. Queen
22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology / Franz Aubrey Metcalf
23. A "Commodius Vicus" Recirculation : Buddhism, Art, and Modernity / Ian Harris.
Part I. Profiling Global Buddhism : a Description of the Landscape
1. Who Is a Buddhist? : Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures / Thomas A. Tweed
2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West / B. Alan Wallace
3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West / Martin Baumann
4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West : The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies / Charles S. Prebish
Part II. Diffusion : the Histories of Buddhism in Western Countries
5. Buddhism in Europe: Past, Present, Prospects / Martin Baumann
6. American Buddhism in the Making / Richard Hughes Seager
7. Buddhism in Canada / Bruce Matthews
8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand / Michelle Spuler
9. Buddhism in South Africa / Michel Clasquin
10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society / Frank Usarski
11. Buddha in the Promised Land : Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel /Lionel Obadia
Part III. Change : Adaptations and Innovations
12. Camp Dharma : Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II / Duncan Ryuken Williams
13. The Translating Temple : Diasporic Buddhism in Florida / Douglas M. Padgett
14. Repackaging Zen for the West / David L. McMahan
15. Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism / Sandra Bell
Part IV. Lifestyle : Being a Buddhist in Western Societies
16. The Challenge of Community / Ajahn Tiradhammo
17. Buddhist Nuns : Changes and Challenges / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
18. Neither Monk nor Nun : Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners / Sylvia Wetzel
19. Virtues without Rules : Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement / Gil Fronsdal
Part V. Buddhism Facing New Challenges
20. The Roar of the Lioness : Women's Dharma in the West / Judith Simmer-Brown
21. Engaged Buddhism : Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization / Christopher S. Queen
22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology / Franz Aubrey Metcalf
23. A "Commodius Vicus" Recirculation : Buddhism, Art, and Modernity / Ian Harris.