The Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit explores how Buddhist thought and practice can address contemporary issues and how Buddhist modes of understanding can inform or be informed by academic studies (in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, Theology, Sociology, Economics, etc.).
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Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit
Call for Proposals
The Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit explores how Buddhist thought and practice can address contemporary issues and how Buddhist modes of understanding can inform or be informed by academic studies (in Religious Studies, Philosophy, Ethics, Theology, Sociology, Economics, etc.). We invite paper or panel proposals on any topic pertaining to our mission to engage in Buddhist critical and constructive reflection, but particularly on the following:
- Buddhist futures—visions of cosmological and existential transformation and resilience (Christina Kilby, kilbyca@jmu.edu)
- Buddhism and racial justice in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic (Rachel Pang, rhpang@davidson.edu)
- Buddhist feminisms
- Buddhist responses to populism, nationalism, xenophobia
- Defining the scope of Engaged Buddhism—debates in the field
- Eco-Buddhism and Buddhist resources for an ethic of the more-than-human world (Colin Simonds, 11cs77@queensu.ca)
- Transnational Buddhist networks
- White House-US Buddhist Leadership Conference, eight years later
Statement of Purpose
Chairs
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Barbra R. Clayton, Mount Allison University1/1/2021 - 12/31/2026
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Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Ohio State University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Steering Committee Members
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D. Mitra Barua, York University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Kin Cheung, Moravian University1/1/2021 - 12/31/2026
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Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Christina Kilby, James Madison University1/1/2021 - 12/31/2026
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Kim Lam, Deakin University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Rachel Pang, Davidson College1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Bee Scherer, Intersectional Centre for Inclusion and Social Justice1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
Method
PAPERS
Review Process
Proposer names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members