Daniel Capper
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Animism among Western Buddhists
Myriad instances of animist phenomena abound in the Buddhist world, but due to the outdated concepts of thinkers such as […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | animism, Buddhism, ecology, personhood, vegetarianism | |
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Devotion to Tibetan Lamas, Self Psychology, and Healing in the United States
This essay offers an alternative, self psychological model for understanding the possible healing dynamics of the guru-disciple relationship. Previous psychological […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | guru, healing, self psychology, Tibetan Buddhism, United States | |
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Enchantment with Tibetan Lamas in the United States
This article explores the relationships of non-Tibetan American disciples with Tibetan spiritual teachers (lamas) in terms of theory, practice, and […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | compassionate social action, guru devotion, Tibetan Buddhism, United States | |
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Groundhog Oracles and Their Forebears
Groundhog Day animal weather forecasting ceremonies continue to proliferate around the United States despite a lack of public confidence in […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | animal veneration, Groundhog Day, mourning, oracles, relationships with nature | |
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Learning Love from a Tiger: Approaches to Nature in an American Buddhist Monastery
In current debates about Buddhist approaches to the non-human natural world, studies describe Buddhism variously as anthropocentric, bio-centric or eco-centric. […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | American Buddhism, anthropocentrism, ecocentrism, Vietnamese Buddhism | |
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Scientific empathy, American buddhism, and the ethnography of religion
The expansion of the use of ethnography in the study of religion has led to substantial methodological confusion. The reflexive […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | Buddhism, empathy, ethnography, research ethics | |
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The Friendly Yeti
Most images of yetis in Western popular culture and scholarly literature portray them as secular, predatory monsters. These representations overlook […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | bodhisattva, Buddhism, phenomenology, Schutz, Tibetan religions, yeti | |
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The Maternal Personhood of Cattle and Plants at a Hindu Center in the United States
Religious experiences with sacred nonhuman natural beings considered to be “persons” remain only vaguely understood. This essay provides a measure […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | cow protection, personhood, plant veneration, psychoanalysis, selfobject | |
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The Trees, My Lungs: Self-Psychology and the Natural World at an American Buddhist Center
This study employs ethnographic field data to trace a dialogue between the self‐psychological concept of the self object and experiences […] |
8 May 2018 | 8 May 2018 | human interactions with nature, religión, self psychology, Vietnamese Buddhism |