Object Relations, Buddhism, and Relationality in Womanist Practical Theology (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783319944531)

1. What is Buddhism, and what is Buddhism in the Insight Meditation Community (IMC)?

2. Womanism and the Absence of Explicit Black Buddhist Lesbian-Black Christian Straight

Interdependence in Foundational Womanist Theological Scholarship

3. The Spiritual Practices and Experiences of African-American Buddhist Lesbians in IMC

4. Self, No Self, and the Paradoxes of Self and No Self Preservation

5. African-American Women Buddhist Dharma Teachers and Writers on Self and No Self

6. Object Relations in East and West - Self, No Self, The Abhidhamma, and W. R. D. Fairbairn

7. Wholeness as Object Liberation - The Efficacy of Buddhist Lovingkindness Meditation

8. Conclusions and Counseling Recommendations