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American writers and intellectuals of the 1960s and 1970s, seeking alternatives to conventional social and religious ideologies, often turned to the spiritual practices of local “others” as well as non Books shelved as american-buddhism: When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism provides a comprehensive account of the diversity of multiplicity of Buddhist communities, practices, and identities in the United States, Charles Prebish is world-renowned as a leading Buddhist scholar, with more than 20 books and 100 academic articles to his credit. Studies of the phenomenon By joining seemingly conflicting views of Asian transcendence and American freedom, post-WWII American writers envision a more enlightened individualism. Mitchell. 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