"Meditation, Buddhism, and Science is as imaginative as it is critical, and its authors deserve praise for pioneering new territory." --Michael Sheehy, Buddhadharma
"This volume inspires one to re-read the classical Buddhist writings with a similarly critical eye to uncover their implicit messages." --Inken Prohl,
Religion"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; general readers." --
Choice"This top-rate collection is essential reading for researchers of modern Buddhism and highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate classes on Buddhism in the West, religion and science, and religion and medicine." --
Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida), Religious Studies Review Vol. 44.1"The editors are to be commended for ensuring that the essays are, by and large, brief and accessible, ensuring that the book will be digestible for researchers, students, and nonscholarly readers alike. Oxford's decision to release a reasonably-priced paperback copy of this book simultaneously with the hardcover is also appreciated. This alone is enough to ensure that this book will eclipse other scholarly introductions to the sociocultural dimensions of Buddhist meditation that are currently being sold at prohibitively expensive prices. Given these advantages of breadth, accessibility, and price, I am of the opinion that this book would be put to particularly good use in the classroom."--C. Pierce Salguero,
Reading Religion"McMahan and Braun's multi-dimensioned collection grounds meditation practice in historical time and social place. The essays include historical, cultural, philosophical, textual, cognitive, psychological, and sociological critiques of the all-too-often decontextualized scientific study of meditation. These perspectives enable us to better understand how the complexities of lived human existence influence meditation practice and meditation experiences. Taken together the essays further demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinarity for the study of Buddhism."--Richard K. Payne, Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies
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