BLACK RELIGION/WOMANIST THOUGHT/SOCIAL JUSTICE

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divThis book establishes how Buddhism in the Insight Meditation tradition supports remarkable relational resilienceŁ for women who are of African descent and samesex loving yet living in a society that often invalidates women AfricanAmericans LGBTQ people and nonChristians. Pamela Ayo Yetunde explores the psychosexual experiences of AfricanAmerican Buddhist lesbians and shows that their abilities to be in healthy relationships are made possible through their Buddhist practices and communities even in the face of invisibilizing forces related to racial gender sexuality and religious discrimination and oppression./p1. What is Buddhism and what is Buddhism in the Insight Meditation Community (IMC)?//2. Womanism and the Absence of Explicit Black Buddhist LesbianBlack Christian Straight /Interdependence in Foundational Womanist Theological Scholarship/3. The Spiritual Practices and Experiences of AfricanAmerican Buddhist Lesbians in IMC/4. Self No Self and the Paradoxes of Self and No Self Preservation/5. AfricanAmerican 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 RecommendbPamela Ayo Yetunde/b is Assistant Professor for Pastoral Care and Counseling and Director of the Interreligious Chaplaincy program at United Theological Seminary of the Twin CitiesThis book establishes how Buddhism in the Insight Meditation tradition supports remarkable relational resilienceŁ for women who are of African descent and samesex loving yet living in a society that often invalidates women AfricanAmericans LGBTQ people and nonChristians. Pamela Ayo Yetunde explores the psychosexual experiences of AfricanAmerican Buddhist lesbians and shows that their abilities to be in healthy relationships are made possible through their Buddhist practices and communities even in the face of invisibilizing forces related to racial gender sexuality and religious discrimination and oppreDiscusses how Buddhism contributes to remarkable relational resiliencedivbr/divdivExplores the psychospiritual experiences of AfricanAmerican Buddhist lesbians/divdivbr/divdivContributes to several disciplines including religious studies womens studies psychology interfaith dialogue and pastoral

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