New Books in Religion

Zen Chaplaincy, Activism, and Scholarship


Listen Later

In this episode of the Blue Beryl Podcast, Pierce Salguero sits down with Wakoh Shannon Hickey, who is a Soto Zen priest, hospice chaplain, scholar, and activist. She talks about her early experiences with social violence in the 1980s, her work as a hospital chaplain, and her 2019 book Mind Cure, which is a groundbreaking social history of religion and mindfulness in the U.S.

Resources:

  • Wakoh's Academia.edu page
  • Hickey, Mind Cure: How Meditation Became Medicine (Oxford UP, 2019)
  • Helderman, Prescribing the Dharma: Psychotherapists, Buddhist Traditions, and Defining Religion (2019)
  • Brown, Debating Yoga and Mindfulness in Public Schools: Reforming Secular Education or Reestablishing Religion? (2019)
  • Purser, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality (2019)

  • Find all episodes of the Blue Beryl Podcast here.

    Pierce Salguero is a transdisciplinary scholar of health humanities who is fascinated by historical and contemporary intersections between Buddhism, medicine, and crosscultural exchange. He has a Ph.D. in History of Medicine from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (2010), and teaches Asian history, medicine, and religion at Penn State University’s Abington College, located near Philadelphia. He is also the host (with Lan Li) of the Blue Beryl podcast. Subscribe to Blue Beryl here.

    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    New Books in ReligionBy New Books Network

    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3
    • 4.3

    4.3

    27 ratings


    More shows like New Books in Religion

    View all
    Open Source with Christopher Lydon by Christopher Lydon

    Open Source with Christopher Lydon

    1,023 Listeners

    In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

    In Our Time

    5,445 Listeners

    Radiolab by WNYC Studios

    Radiolab

    44,077 Listeners

    New Books in History by Marshall Poe

    New Books in History

    207 Listeners

    New Books in Psychoanalysis by Marshall Poe

    New Books in Psychoanalysis

    191 Listeners

    New Books in Military History by Marshall Poe

    New Books in Military History

    161 Listeners

    New Books in African American Studies by New Books Network

    New Books in African American Studies

    162 Listeners

    New Books in Anthropology by New Books Network

    New Books in Anthropology

    48 Listeners

    New Books in Christian Studies by Marshall Poe

    New Books in Christian Studies

    16 Listeners

    New Books in Political Science by New Books Network

    New Books in Political Science

    62 Listeners

    New Books in Literary Studies by New Books Network

    New Books in Literary Studies

    22 Listeners

    New Books in Philosophy by New Books Network

    New Books in Philosophy

    111 Listeners

    New Books in Native American Studies by Marshall Poe

    New Books in Native American Studies

    103 Listeners

    The LRB Podcast by The London Review of Books

    The LRB Podcast

    296 Listeners

    New Books in Critical Theory by Marshall Poe

    New Books in Critical Theory

    145 Listeners

    New Books in Intellectual History by New Books Network

    New Books in Intellectual History

    61 Listeners

    Philosophize This! by Stephen West

    Philosophize This!

    15,124 Listeners

    London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

    London Review Bookshop Podcast

    127 Listeners

    Philosophy For Our Times by IAI

    Philosophy For Our Times

    305 Listeners

    Holy Smoke by The Spectator

    Holy Smoke

    127 Listeners

    Why Theory by Why Theory

    Why Theory

    576 Listeners

    Politics Theory Other by Politics Theory Other

    Politics Theory Other

    176 Listeners

    Acid Horizon by Acid Horizon

    Acid Horizon

    174 Listeners

    Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman by Bart Ehrman

    Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

    623 Listeners

    Past Present Future by David Runciman

    Past Present Future

    317 Listeners