| Buddha at the Apocalypse: Awakening from a Culture of Destruction Contributor(s): Spellmeyer, Kurt (Author), Thurman, Robert (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0861715829 ISBN-13: 9780861715824 Publisher: Wisdom Publications OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist) - Philosophy | Buddhist - Philosophy | Zen |
| Dewey: 294.342 |
| LCCN: 2010007094 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timely and audacious, Buddha at the Apocalypse challenges us to look directly at the devastating assumptions underlying the very mechanisms of the modern world - and offers a clarion call to awaken from a pervasive culture of destruction into a natural, sustainable, and sane peace. Kurt Spellmeyer references the Bible, popular culture, Zen, and Western philosophy in addressing two questions: how did we get here, and what can we do now. An answer to pervasive cynicism and decline, Buddha at the Apocalypse shows how to accept and connect with reality in dark times. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spellmeyer, Kurt: - Kurt Spellmeyer is an award-winning teacher and scholar in the English department at Rutgers University in New Jersey and a Rinzai Zen Master. He is the author of Arts of Living: Reinventing the Humanities for the Twenty-First Century and several other books. |