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      The Vile Attack on Salman Rushdie Reminds Us of the Value of a Free Society — But is Our Outrage More About the Criminal Than the Crime?
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Ann Gleig

Ann Gleig is an Associate Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at the University of Central Florida. She's the author of American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity (Yale University Press, 2019). She is currently working on a collaborative book project with Amy Langenberg on sexual abuse in American Buddhist communities. 

Archive, Racial JusticeMarch 23, 2022

Reactionary White Buddhists Have Joined The Fight Against Critical Race Theory

By Ann Gleig

A recent article by conservative watchdog Campus Reform targeted my collaborative research talk on racial…

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