Stephen Prothero is the C. Allyn and Elizabeth V. Russell Professor of Religion at Boston University specializing in American religions. He has written numerous books, published peer-reviewed articles, written for a variety of popular magazines and newspapers, and appears on news and other television programs.
Poets on the Peak: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen and Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades Text and Photographs by John Suiter Counterpoint Press: Washington, D.C., 2002 340 pp.; $40.00 (cloth) The time is long past when…
In 1928, Julius Goldwater took Buddhist vows. During World War II, he was priest to thousands of interned Japanese. Today, Goldwater—perhaps the oldest living Western convert to Buddhism—continues to expound and explore his American dharma. Julius…