Emergent Dharma
Asian American Buddhist Feminists on Practice, Identity, and Resistance
$43.55
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
9 December 2025
Summary
An essential critique of American Buddhism-11 Asian American women reclaim a vibrant feminist Dharma against whitewashing, patriarchy, and model-minority stereotypes
Mainstream American Buddhism is often portrayed through a narrow, problematic lens: a group of mostly white converts sits on cushions. Eyes closed, blissed out, serenely meditating-this is Buddhism made passive and patriarchal, scrubbed of the rich complexities, myriad expressions, historical nuances, and creative ways of…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798889842330 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Sharon Suh, PhD |
| Publisher: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Imprint: | North Atlantic Books,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 9 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Sharon Suh, PhD
Sharon A. Suh, Ph.D.
Sharon A. Suh, Ph.D., is an intersectional feminist scholar and practitioner of Buddhism focusing on the intersections of religion, race, gender, trauma, and embodiment. She holds a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from Harvard University and an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School.
Dr. Suh has published widely in her areas of expertise. She has also received several trauma-informed certifications in mindfulness, yoga, and somatic healing modalities. She utilizes these certifications to lead workshops for faculty, staff, students, and the public. These workshops focus on healing race-based trauma through mindfulness and are presented at national conferences, universities, and religious organizations across the country.
She is the author of:
- Being Buddhist in a Christian World: Gender & Community in a Korean American Temple (University of Washington Press, 2004)
- Silver Screen Buddha: Buddhism in Asian and Western Film (Bloomsbury Press, 2015)
- Occupy This Body: A Buddhist Memoir (Sumeru Press, 2019)
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