Prophetic Wisdom

Engaged Buddhism's Struggle for Social Justice and Complete Liberation

By: Charles R. Strain

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Paperback | 2 December 2024

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Classical Buddhism lacked an understanding of systemic injustice and its contribution to collective suffering. Despite the teaching of impermanence, classical Buddhist schools viewed social institutions as given and offered no path to social transformation. Today, Buddhists are shaped by multiple religious and secular traditions, including those stemming from the Hebrew prophets. The prophetic tradition offers a socially and religiously powerful concept-the concept of justice-that reconfigures the Buddhist dharma.

In a time of unparalleled peril, Buddhists are challenged as never before to turn wisdom into strategic action to foster systemic social change. Compassion is not enough. Prophetic Wisdom shows how Engaged Buddhists can expand their understanding of the causes of collective suffering and develop nonviolent means for social transformation through a dialectic of love, power, and justice. It concludes by confronting the poison of racism in the American body politic.

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"Well-written and evocative, Strain's book makes the case for a new form of prophetically inspired and socially engaged Buddhism. With immense suffering being generated today by systemic structures of oppression, the collaborative partnership of contemplative traditions (such as Buddhism) and socially conscious sensibilities (such as those of the Hebrew prophets) is both timely and potentially transformative." - Will W. Adams, author of A Wild and Sacred Call: Nature-Psyche-Spirit

"This is a comprehensive assessment of the Engaged Buddhist movement from one of its veteran practitioners. It marries the strengths of the movement with prophetic strains, producing a mutually empowering and illuminating synthesis." - Jason M. Wirth, author of Mountains, Rivers, and the Great Earth: Reading Gary Snyder and DÅgen in an Age of Ecological Crisis

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