Larry Ward (2) (1948–)
Author of America's Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal
For other authors named Larry Ward, see the disambiguation page.
Works by Larry Ward
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Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1948
- Gender
- male
- Education
- (PhD|religious studies)
Trauma Resource Institute - Occupations
- minister (Chrisitan)
dharma teacher (ordained with Thich Nhat Hanh's Order of Interbeing)
human development - Organizations
- The Lotus Institute
Order of Interbeing
Executive Mind Leadership Institute at the Drucker School of Management
Plum Village tradition
Claremont Graduate University
University of the West - Relationships
- Rowe-Ward, Peggy (wife)
Nhat Hanh, Thich (ordination) - Short biography
- Larry Ward has celebrated over 30 years as a Christian minister. He received Dharma teacher transmission from Thich Nhat Hanh in 2000 in Plum Village, France. Larry was an executive director in an international organization engaged in human development programs in 52 countries. He has lived for extended periods in Hong Kong, India, and the Caribbean. He has published articles and poems for Emerging Lifestyles, Edges, and The Mindfulness Bell magazines. In 2006 he was commissioned by the United Nations to write a paper on mindfulness and leadership.
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Pacific Northwest, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Pacific Northwest, USA
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Reviews
As deft and humane a book on the topic as one could hope for and Ward's late teacher makes his presence quite known.
Ward not only gets the vital point that this must be an "invitation," as it's not really the purview of the dharma to proselytize and beat the world and one other into shapes we prefer. I'm overjoyed that he says skillful observation of intention is the seat of undoing racialized delusion as too much social justice discourse—some even endorsed by Buddhist groups in the show more West—repeats the idea that intention doesn't matter which to me guarantees misunderstanding, dishonesty and ill will.
Ward hedges a lot, particularly when using a grab bag of pop psychology to buttress his arguments. It's frustrating that he endorses the Fields Sisters' notion of race as useful technology for plunder then elides the centrality of class (it's one in a list of several identities) within the malevolence of capitalism (it's one of a few names for bad stuff) and racialism's efficacy toward the end of property owners keeping hold of policy in a country whose constitution was written to protect property and the exclusive right to it.
My political differences with the text aside, Ward's intent to heal and not to indict steers this brief read toward being the better of the books on the topic I've read. show less
Ward not only gets the vital point that this must be an "invitation," as it's not really the purview of the dharma to proselytize and beat the world and one other into shapes we prefer. I'm overjoyed that he says skillful observation of intention is the seat of undoing racialized delusion as too much social justice discourse—some even endorsed by Buddhist groups in the show more West—repeats the idea that intention doesn't matter which to me guarantees misunderstanding, dishonesty and ill will.
Ward hedges a lot, particularly when using a grab bag of pop psychology to buttress his arguments. It's frustrating that he endorses the Fields Sisters' notion of race as useful technology for plunder then elides the centrality of class (it's one in a list of several identities) within the malevolence of capitalism (it's one of a few names for bad stuff) and racialism's efficacy toward the end of property owners keeping hold of policy in a country whose constitution was written to protect property and the exclusive right to it.
My political differences with the text aside, Ward's intent to heal and not to indict steers this brief read toward being the better of the books on the topic I've read. show less
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