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Aaron Ross Powell

Skillful and Unskillful Politics

Skill is a combination of good intent and sufficient knowledge to act well.

Aaron Ross Powell

Don't Harm Your Enemies. Make Them Less Harmful.

Speaking with intent to harm trains the speaker in habits of hatred. The cost of online cruelty isn't only to the target.

Aaron Ross Powell

What the Ancients Knew About Posting Well

An early Buddhist text gives us four questions to ask before posting—and most of what we post fails the test.

Aaron Ross Powell

Two Helpful Essays Illuminating Liberal Practice

Two short Buddhist essays from Thanissaro Bhikkhu on karma as feedback loop, identity as inheritance, and intention as a skill you can practice.

How and Why I Believe in God: The Ballad of Tragic Theism

My testimony, from Dawkins on an iPod Shuffle down a back alley, through Buddhist libraries and a children's hospice, to Matthew's Gospel in a break room chair. My case for tragic theism: a God who creates, risks, makes mistakes, grieves them, and does not stop.

Aaron Ross Powell

Liberalism and Sympathetic Joy

Merely tolerating others' happiness isn't enough. A liberal society—and a good person—cultivates genuine delight in it.

Aaron Ross Powell

Surround Yourself With Those Who Are Admirable, and Distance Yourself From Those Who Aren’t.

The most overlooked—but most important—ingredient of an ethical life.

Aaron Ross Powell

Against a Life of Moderation

Buddhism's Middle Way is not a call for moderation. It's a call for radical focus on what actually matters.

Aaron Ross Powell

Living Well Means Recognizing Three Facts of Our Existence

Impermanence, dissatisfaction, and the lack of a fixed self aren't causes for despair. They're the starting point for a life lived well.

Aaron Ross Powell

Social Conservatism is Suffering

We cannot make permanent what is inevitably impermanent, and insisting otherwise brings distress. Better to embrace dynamism and social diversity.

Aaron Ross Powell

Goodwill, Sympathetic Joy, and Liberalism's Foundations

Mere tolerance is necessary for liberalism to function, but liberalism becomes stronger if we can move beyond it.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Kenotic Theology, Buddhism, and Time.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

Review – Genealogies Of Mahayana Buddhism (Ananda Abeysekara)

Joseph Walser, Genealogies of Mahāyāna Buddhism: Emptiness, Power, and the Question of Origin. Oxford and New York: Routledge, 2018. 288 pages. IBSN: 978-1-13-895556-1.

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

jcrt.org

review-altered-states-buddhism-and-psychedelic-spirituality-in-america

* Osto, Douglas. Altered States: Buddhism and Psychedelic Spirituality in America. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016 It highlights key arguments

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Double Exposure: Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Double Exposure: Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses

The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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Double Exposure: Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses