These essays explore topics such as creativity, education, dialogue, and economics, often placing Buddhism into conversation with other philosophical or ethical traditions.
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John Berthrong is a scholar of comparative theology. This essay explores the history, meaning, and uses of creativity. |
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Janet Hart of the Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences sees public health as key to global well being. |
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Hazel Henderson, the renowned futurist, writes about "Education: Key Investments in the Wealth of Nations." |
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Larry Hickman is a leading John Dewey scholar. This essay is called "The Lasting Legacy of John Dewey." |
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Daisaku Ikeda composed this message in 2004 to frame and celebrate the first Ikeda Forum, "Walden and Beyond.” |
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Daisaku Ikeda composed this piece, "The Flowering of the Greater Self," to celebrate our title Creating Waldens. |
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Jane Roland Martin wrote this piece in 2010. Education, she says, happens everywhere, not just in schools. |
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Chandra Muzaffar is co-editor, with theologian Paul Knitter, of Subverting Greed, which is excerpted here. |
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Anita Patterson of Boston University explores literature and humanism in "True Books in a True Spirit." |
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Amartya Sen won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics. This essay discusses themes from his Development As Freedom. |