Object Relations, Buddhism, and Relationality in Womanist Practical Theology
1. What is Buddhism, and what is Buddhism in the Insight Meditation Community (IMC)?.- 2. Womanism and the Absence of Explicit Black Buddhist Lesbian-Black Christian Straight Interdependence in Foundational Womanist Theological Scholarship.- 3. The Spiritual Practices and Experiences of African-American Buddhist Lesbians in IMC.- 4. Self, No Self, and the Paradoxes of Self and No Self Preservation.
- 5. African-American 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 Recommendations.