"In this book, scholars analyse the ways in which Sufism and Zen were introduced to and developed in the West. The collection shows that the popularity of these religions arose not because of the substantive shared elements within the two traditions, butbecause their promoters in the West employed similar strategies to respond to the interests of a modern, Western audience"--
Historically and culturally, Sufism and Zen may not seem to have anything in common. However, in the West, their spiritual messages are often perceived as strikingly similar. In this book, scholars analyse the ways in which Sufism and Zen were introduced to and developed in the West. The collection shows that the popularity of these religions arose not because of the substantive shared elements within the two traditions, but because their promoters in the West employed similar strategies to respond to the interests of a modern, Western audience. The first book to make a close comparison of Sufism and Zen, this study is an important contribution to understanding Western religious life and processes of 'easternisation'. It sheds new light on how Sufism and Zen came to represent a spirituality that is both countercultural and in touch with modern sensitivities.
Recenzijas
This collection is essential for those who follow new religious movements in the West, academically or personally. It traces major Sufi and Zen teachers and lineages within the evolving social, political and cultural contexts of the 20th/21st centuries, revealing pivotal moments of spiritual transmission and charismatic embodiment across individuals and traditions. * Marcia Hermansen, Professor, Loyola University Chicago, USA * Rich in sources and case studies of the two traditions, this book even challenges the preconceptions of scholars in the East. Yazaki and Conway excellently organize the volume to exhibit this tandem analysis as a groundbreaking contribution to rethinking the concept of Buddhist modernism. * Tomoe Moriya, Senior Research Fellow, Nanzan University, Japan *
Papildus informācija
Demonstrates how eastern traditions are transforming modern religious life in the West with a focus on Sufism and Zen
List of Figures
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Notes on Transliteration and Conventions for Non-English Terms
Introduction
Saeko Yazaki and Michael Conway
1. Rendering the Strange Familiar: Orientalist Appropriations of Sufism
Robert Irwin
2. Buddhism for the West: Modern Disenchantment, Religion, and Zens Appeal
to Modern Audiences
Tullio Lobetti
3. Mystics, Masters and Teachers: the Entanglement of Spirituality,
Politics and Empire in the European Guru Field c. 1918-1939
Steven J. Sutcliffe
4. The Universalist Exoticism of Inayat Khan: From Sufi to Prophet
Mark Sedgwick
5. Oneness and Separation in Japanese Buddhist Sensibility: Suzuki Daisetsus
Presentation of the Myokonin
Michael Conway
6. The dance is the (s)way of life: The open approach of the Jewish
Sufi-Zen teacher Samuel Lewis and his Dances of Universal Peace
Saeko Yazaki
7. American Zen After D. T. Suzuki: Encounters with a Tibetan Buddhist
Master
Akemi Iwamoto
8. Bringing Sufism to the Mainstream: Traditional Islam and the Making of
the Third Place in an American Muslim Community
Kei Takahashi
9. Zen for the Elite, Buddhism for the Masses: Religious and Spiritual
Circulation between Japan and the West
Jųrn Borup
Concluding Reflections
George Pattison
Saeko Yazaki is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow.
Michael Conway is Associate Professor at Otani University, Kyoto.
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