Friday 13 June 2014

Why We Love War by David Loy

David R. Loy (born July 27, 1947) is a Buddhist philosopher who writes on the interaction between Buddhism and modernity. He has been practicing Zen since 1971 and is an authorized teacher in the Sanbo-Kyodan tradition of Japanese Zen Buddhism. David has taught at the National University of Singapore and Bunkyo University in Japan. From 2006 to 2010 he was the Besl Family Chair Professor of ethics/religion and society at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

His books include:-

Nonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy;
Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism;
A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack;
The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory;
Money, Sex, War, Karma: Notes for a Buddhist Revolution;
Awareness Bound and Unbound: Buddhist Essays;
The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons: Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy (with Linda Goodhew, his wife);
The World Is Made of Stories. Co-editor,
A Buddhist Response to the Climate Emergency (2009).



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