Grassroots Zen: Community and Practice in the Twenty-First Century

Rooted in a spiritual partnership model based on "power-sharing," Grassroots Zen emphasizes gender equality and is oriented to social engagement.

Author: Perle Besserman, Manfred Steger
Publisher: Monkfish Book Publishing
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781939681690
ISBN10: 1939681693
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism | Zen (see also Philosophy | Zen)
- Body, Mind & Spirit | Mindfulness & Meditation
- Philosophy | Zen

About the Author
Perle Besserman is the award-winning author of numerous works of fiction and creative nonfiction, including several books on spirituality that were praised by Isaac Bashevis Singer for their "clarity and feeling for mystic lore" and by Publishers Weekly for the "wisdom [that] points to a universal practice of the heart." Besserman's books have been translated into over ten languages. She holds a doctorate in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and, together with Manfred Steger, is founding co-teacher of the Princeton Area Zen Group in Princeton, New Jersey.

Manfred B. Steger is the founding teacher of the Princeton Area Zen Group. (www.princetonzengroup.org). He and his wife Perle Besserman are deeply dedicated to the cultivation of a Western-style lay practice that maintains the essential elements of Zen--sitting meditation, interviews with a teacher, and silent retreats. A professor of Sociology at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa and Honorary Professor of Global Studies at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, Steger has written or edited twenty books on politics, history, and religion, including the bestselling Globalization: A Very Short Introduction.

Manfred and Perle divide their time between Princeton, Melbourne, and Honolulu.