To discover more books of potential relevance to Black Buddhism, consider the following WorldCat searches:
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Adiele, Faith. Meeting Faith: The Forest Journals of a Black Buddhist Nun. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1020426152
Barnes, Steven, and Charles Johnson. The Eightfold Path. New York: Abrams ComicArts Megascope, 2022.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1237252930
Brown, Valerie, Marisela B. Gomez, and Kaira Jewel Lingo. Healing Our Way Home: Black Buddhist Teachings on Ancestors, Joy, and Liberation. Berkeley, California: Parallax Press, 2024.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1378930779
Cheah, Joseph. Race and Religion in American Buddhism: White Supremacy and Immigrant Adaptation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/701494892
Craig, Ralph H. Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner. Library of Religious Biography. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1368140493
Dews, Angela. Still, in the City: Creating Peace of Mind in the Midst of Urban Chaos. New York: Skyhorse, 2018.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1085168083
Ferguson, Gaylon. Natural Bravery: Fear and Fearlessness as a Direct Path of Awakening. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2016.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/793220622
———. Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born With. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2010.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/226357657
———. Welcoming Beginner’s Mind: Zen and Tibetan Buddhist Wisdom on Experiencing Our True Nature. Boulder: Shambhala Publications, 2024.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1389488654
Gleig, Ann. American Dharma: Buddhism beyond Modernity. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2019.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1046462479
Gutiérrez Baldoquín, Hilda, ed. Dharma, Color, and Culture: New Voices in Western Buddhism. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2004.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/56128449
hooks, bell. Bell Hooks: The Last Interview and Other Conversations. Last Interview Series. Brooklyn: Melville House, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1390628053
Johnson, Charles. Oxherding Tale. New York: Plume, 1995.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/32853928
———. Taming the Ox: Buddhist Stories and Reflections on Politics, Race, Culture, and Spiritual Practice. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2014.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/875674841
———. Turning the Wheel: Essays on Buddhism and Writing. New York: Scribner, 2003.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/51242074
Johnson, Kate. Radical Friendship: Seven Ways to Love Yourself and Find Your People in an Unjust World. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2021.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1119770474
Kakuyo, Alex. Perfectly Ordinary: Buddhist Teachings for Everyday Life. Self-published, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1249949417
King, Ruth. Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2018.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/993695814
Lingo, Kaira Jewel. We Were Made for These Times: Ten Lessons on Moving through Change, Loss, and Disruption. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2021.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1258042347
Magee, Rhonda. The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities through Mindfulness. New York: Penguin, 2019.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1246145519
Majied, Kamilah. Joyfully Just: Black Wisdom and Buddist Insights for Liberated Living. Boulder, Colorado: Sounds True, 2024.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1376419087
Malone, Calvin. Razor-Wire Dharma: A Buddhist Life in Prison. Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2008.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/209584074
Manuel, Zenju Earthlyn. Opening to Darkness: Eight Gateways for Being with the Absence of Light in Unsettling Times. Boulder, Colorado: Sounds True, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1311571926
———. Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2018.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1019845247
———. Tell Me Something About Buddhism: Questions and Answers for the Curious Beginner. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publishing, 2011.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/799031480
———. The Deepest Peace: Contemplations from a Season of Stillness. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1159805112
———. The Shamanic Bones of Zen: Revealing the Ancestral Spirit and Mystical Heart of a Sacred Tradition. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2022.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1250346081
———. The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race, Sexuality, and Gender. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2015.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/883148213
Mason-John, Valerie, ed. Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2021.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1260456270
———. Detox Your Heart: Meditations for Healing Emotional Trauma. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Books, 2017.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/952648212
———. First Aid Kit for the Mind: Breaking the Cycle of Habitual Behaviours. Cambridge, UK: Windhorse Publications, 2024.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1376495152
———. I Am Still Your Negro: An Homage Paid to James Baldwin. Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1124074434
Mason-John, Valerie, and Paramabandhu Groves. Eight Step Recovery: Using the Buddha’s Teachings to Overcome Addiction. Cambridge, UK: Wind Horse Publications, 2014.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1053714203
Masters, Jarvis Jay. Finding Freedom: How Death Row Broke and Opened My Heart. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1142002158
———. That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row. New York: HarperOne, 2010.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/607477049
Michon, Nathan Jishon, ed. Refuge in the Storm: Buddhist Voices in Crisis Care. Berkeley, California: North Atlantic Books, 2023.
Nittle, Nadra. Bell Hooks’ Spiritual Vision Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist. Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1517 Media, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1399169048
Owens, Lama Rod. Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1096287288
———. The New Saints: From Broken Hearts to Spiritual Warriors. Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1365364526
Petty, Sheryl. Ocha Dharma: The Relationship between Lucumi, an African-Based Tradition and Buddhist Practice. North Charleston, SC: CreateSpace Independent Publishing, 2016.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1002857490
Pressley-Sanon, Toni. Lifting as They Climb: Black Women Buddhists and Collective Liberation. First edition. Boulder: Shambhala, 2024.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1378391144
Selassie, Sebene. You Belong: A Call for Connection. New York: HarperOne, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1153007251
Steele, Ralph. Tending the Fire: Through War and the Path of Meditation. Maui, Hawai’i: Sacred Life Publishers, 2014.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/928890393
Vesely-Flad, Rima. Black Buddhists and the Black Radical Tradition: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation. New York: New York University Press, 2022.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1259294881
Wade, Breeshia. Grieving While Black: An Antiracist Take on Oppression and Sorrow. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2021.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1183398412
Ward, Larry. America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1158506312
Washam, Spring. A Fierce Heart: Finding Strength, Courage, and Wisdom in Any Moment. Berkeley, CA: Parallax Press, 2017.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1006536793
———. The Spirit of Harriet Tubman: Awakening from the Underground. London (UK): Hay House UK LTD, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1336004695
williams, angel Kyodo. Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace. New York: Viking Compass, 2000.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/44118093
williams, angel Kyodo, Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah. Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 2016.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/986822841
Willis, Jan. Dharma Matters: Women, Race, and Tantra. Boston, MA: Shambhala, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1123180823
———. Dreaming Me: An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey. New York: Riverhead Books, 2001.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/231031777
Yancy, George, and Emily McRae. Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Reflections. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2019.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1085634262
Yetunde, Pamela Ayo. Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, U.S. Law, and Womanist Theology for Transgender Spiritual Care. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1153870057
———. Casting Indra’s Net: Fostering Spiritual Kinship and Community : Wisdom from Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and More. First Edition. Boulder, Colorado: Shambhala, 2023.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1315741596
———. Object Relations, Buddhism, and Relationality in Womanist Practical Theology. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1046977758
Yetunde, Pamela Ayo, and Cheryl Giles. Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom. Boulder, CO: Shambhala, 2020.
https://search.worldcat.org/title/1151513384
