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Find the list of course texts for upcoming terms here. Please note that sometimes textbook lists may change between course registration and the beginning of the term. For any textbooks you purchase, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with your bookseller's return policy. You may also want to consult the Wiggin Library course reserves page.

*Any course texts available as ebooks from the Wiggin Library are marked with an asterisk.

Summer 2023

Multi-faith Leadership for the Real World
  • Hogue, Michael, and Bell, Dean, Interreligious Resilience: Interreligious Leadership for a Pluralistic World, Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. (You are required to read Part 2, but will want to familiarize yourself with Part 1 for context).
  • Matlins and Magida, eds., How to Be a Perfect Stranger (6th edition), Skylight Paths Publishing 2015.
  • Patel, Eboo, Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America, Boston: Beacon, 2012.

Lotus Sutra

  • The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of A Buddhist Classic. Translated by Gene Reeves. Boston: Wisdom Publications. 2008.
  • Reeves, Gene. The Stories of the Lotus Sutra. Boston: Wisdom Publications. 2010. 
  • Asma, Stephen. Buddha For Beginners. Danbury: For Beginners LLC. 2015.

Chapters (available on via the Wiggins Library and/or on Populi)

  • Ziporyn, Brook. Emptiness and Omnipresence: An Essential Introduction to Tiantai Buddhism. Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. 2016. (p.3-22 “Chapter 1 Just Here is the End of Suffering: Letting Suffering Be in Early Buddhism”)
  • Gethin, Rupert. The Foundations of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1998. (p.112-132 “The Buddhist Cosmos”)
  • Tamura, Yoshiro. Introduction to the Lotus Sutra. Translated by Gene Reeves, Michio Shinozaki. Boston: Wisdom Publications. 2014. (p.29-36 “The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism”
  • Williams, Paul. Mahāyāna Buddhism: The Doctrinal Foundations, Second edition. London and New York: Routledge. 2009. (p.172-175 “Prolegomenon To The Mahāyāna”)

In addition to books and chapters listed above, several short video lectures created by the instructor will be assigned on Populi in order to enhance students' comprehension of elusive Buddhist ideas expressed in the Lotus Sutra. 

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