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The Meaning of Swarthmore

Swathmore College, 2004

What is the meaning of Swarthmore? Swarthmore College alumni rflect on how one of America's best liberal arts colleges gave them the intellectual tools -- and the fundamental values -- to live meaningful lives

A Life of Serendipity, Blown by the Wind of Amida's Vow
Alfred Bloom

American Buddhist Study Center, 2008

Dr. Alfred Bloom, the renowned Shin Buddhist author and scholar, has released a memoir describing his extraordinary religious experiences involving three of the world s greatest faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Buddhism. Ethnically Jewish and a former fundamentalist Christian, Dr. Bloom, 81, is today a Buddhist minister.

The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting

2 reviews
Alfred Bloom

World Wisdom, 2007

Excellent "must-read" primer
Edited by Alfred Bloom, one of only a few Shin Buddhist scholars based in the United States, The Essential Shinran: A Buddhist Path of True Entrusting is a selection of core writings by Shinran (1173-1262 C.E.), the founder of the of the Jodo Shinshu Pure Land tradition of Buddhism in Japan, which eventually became the largest Buddhist sect in the nation. The Essential Shinran also includes ...

Living in Amida's Universal Vow: Essays on Shin Buddhism (Perennial Philosophy Series)

1 review
Alfred Bloom

World Wisdom, 2004

Namu Amida Butsu
The reader from North Carolina makes a good case for reading book jackets: in this case the subtitle "Essays on Shin Buddhism." While Amida is not tangential to these essays, the subject matter is eternal life in the Infinite Light of Amida Buddha. This is a very different matter than approaching Amitabha/Amitayus as a deity or a member of a pantheon of buddhas, which, perhaps, is what the ...

Religion & Man : Indian and Far Eastern Religious Traditions
Robert D. Baird, Alfred Bloom

McGraw-Hill Primis Custom Publishing, 1998

The present volume provides an introduction to the scholarly study of some of the religious traditions involved in human history. The authors have sought to provide accurate descriptions of the rituals, myths, symbolic devices, belief systems, and social organizations of the world's religions. They have also provided sensitive interpretations of the ethos and the spiritual directions to which these various symbolic forms have pointed. In doing ...