The Oxford Handbook of American Buddhism offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date scholarship available on Buddhism in America. It charts the history and diversity of Buddhist communities, including traditions and communities that have been previously neglected, and looks at the ways in which Buddhist practices such as mindfulness meditation have been adopted in non-Buddhist settings.

Introduction, Ann Gleig and Scott A. Mitchell Section I: Foundations 1. American Buddhism, Modernity, and Globalization, Christopher Emory-Moore 2. The History of Buddhism in the United States, Thomas Calobrisi 3. Identities I: Race and Whiteness, Ann Gleig 4. Identities II: Gender and Sexuality, Amy Langenberg 5. American Buddhist Studies and Scholar-Practitioners, Scott A. Mitchell Section II: Traditions 6. Chinese Buddhism in America, Rongdao Lai 7. Pure Land Buddhism in America, Jesse J. Lee 8. Zen Buddhism in America, Ben Van Overmeire 9. Korean Buddhism in America, Claudia Schippert 10. Theravada Buddhism in America, Erik Braun 11. Nichiren Buddhism in America, Ralph H. Craig III 12. Vietnamese Buddhism in America, Todd LeRoy Perreira 13. Tibetan Buddhism in America, Holly Gayley and Joshua Brallier 14. American Buddhism and Judaism, Jay Michaelson Section III: Practices 15. Buddhist Monasticism in North America, Luke Clossey and Karen Ferguson 16. Food in American Buddhism, Melissa Anne-Marie Curley 17. Mindfulness and Meditation in the U.S., Nalika Gajaweera 18. American Buddhism and Healthcare, C. Pierce Salguero 19. Ritual, Rituals, and Ritualizing in American Buddhism, Richard K. Payne 20. Engaged Buddhism in the U.S., Funie Hsu/Chhi Section IV: Frames 21. American Buddhism and Secularism, Kin Cheung 22. American Buddhism and Psychotherapy, Ira Helderman 23. American Buddhism and Technology, Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger 24. American Buddhist Education and Pedagogy, Judith Simmer-Brown 25. American Buddhist Chaplaincy Supervision, Jitsujo T. Gauthier 26. Buddhist Material Culture in the U.S., Peter Romaskiewicz 27. American Buddhism and Visual Culture, Winston C. Kyan 28. Buddhism and American Literature, Kimberly Beek

Ann Gleig is Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida. She is author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity. She serves as an editor at the Journal of Global Buddhism. Scott A. Mitchell is Dean of Students and Faculty Affairs and Yoshitaka Tamai Professorial Chair at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley. He is the author of The Making of American Buddhism and Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts.

Selling point: Provides an entry point into current scholarly debates about American Buddhism Selling point: Addresses a broad range of Buddhist traditions, communities, and practices Selling point: Includes underexplored histories of American Buddhist communities including Korean American Zen and Buddhist monasticism