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Writing From the Center of a Centerless Universe. A Study of the Emerging Influence of Dogen, a 13th Century Japanese Zen Buddhist Teacher on Contemporary English Writers

McCarthy, Tim J.
http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8066-2708
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1700497978110248

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2023, PHD, Kent State University, College of Arts and Sciences / Department of English.
This study expounds the ways in which a contemporary group of writers of the English language have been, and are being, inspired to write and to teach writing through familiarity with a specific form of Zen Buddhist thought and practice developed from the relatively recent familiarization in both eastern and western populations to the prolific writings of Dogen Kigen, a 13th century Japanese Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Broadly speaking, this study is an inquiry into how individuals whose primary language is English come to find value in writing primarily as a personal practice. More specifically this study centers its attention on the writing of individuals whose motivation for writing comes from meaningful contact with Dogen Zenji, a thirteenth century Japanese Zen Master and author, and through that contact found themselves intent on writing from a recognition of a fundamental spirituality perceived in language and writing itself.
Brian Huot, Dr. (Advisor)
238 p.
American Studies; Asian American Studies; Asian Studies; Composition; History; Language; Literacy; Philosophy; Religion; Rhetoric
Dogen, Zen, Buddhism, Meditation, Writing, English, Comparative, Rhetoric, Composition.

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  • McCarthy, T. J. (2023). Writing From the Center of a Centerless Universe. A Study of the Emerging Influence of Dogen, a 13th Century Japanese Zen Buddhist Teacher on Contemporary English Writers [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1700497978110248

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCarthy, Tim. Writing From the Center of a Centerless Universe. A Study of the Emerging Influence of Dogen, a 13th Century Japanese Zen Buddhist Teacher on Contemporary English Writers. 2023. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1700497978110248.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCarthy, Tim. "Writing From the Center of a Centerless Universe. A Study of the Emerging Influence of Dogen, a 13th Century Japanese Zen Buddhist Teacher on Contemporary English Writers." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2023. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1700497978110248

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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