Joshua Eaton

Joshua Eaton is an independent journalist who covers religion and society, human rights, and national security.

Politics

China Asserts Control over Dalai Lama Lineage

According to the Dalai Lama’s autobiography, Mao Zedong, the founder of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), once characterized religion as “poison.” The modern CCP maintains official atheism to this day, but that hasn’t stopped officials from…

By Joshua Eaton

Making Buddhism accessible to working-class people

This guest blog post comes our way from Joshua Eaton, an editor, writer and translator. Eaton holds an M Div in Buddhist Studies from Harvard University. On 18 July 2011, Sam Mowe wrote a blog post…

By Joshua Eaton

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