Book Launch Event in Indiana

Sept. 30, 2010 - PRLog -- Authors, Anson Shupe and Christopher Bradley will celebrate the release of their new book, Self, Attitudes, and Emotion Work: Western Social Psychology and Eastern Zen Buddhism Confront Each Other (Transaction, 2010) at the Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne’s (IPFW) Helmke Library.  The “IPFW Faculty Authors Series: Book Signing and Dialogue” will take place on October 6 from 12 pm to 1 pm on the first floor of the library.

The “book signing and dialogue,” will provide not just an opportunity for IPFW professors Shupe and Bradley to autograph readers’ purchased copies, but offer a venue for readers to interact with the authors about their book, the inspiration for it, and the research behind it. Follett’s IPFW Bookstore will have copies of the book for sale at the event. The bookstore will also have limited copies of some of Shupe’s previously published books for sale.

Self, Attitudes, and Emotion Work, is about how Western social psychology interfaces with  an Eastern Zen Buddhist perspective. It is neither a purely Zen Buddhist critique of the former, nor is it merely a social psychological interpretation of Zen. Rather, it is an attempt to create common ground between each through the systematic comparison of shared fundamental concepts and ideas.

“. . . Anson Shupe and Christopher Bradley have now laid out, in clear language, the parallels between these two traditions, one ancient and one most contemporary,” says Tim Miller, religious studies professor at the University of Kansas.

Anson Shupe, Ph.D., is professor of sociology and director of the Master of Arts program in Sociological Practice at IPFW. He has authored, coauthored, or edited more than 29 books and dozens of articles dealing with religious movements, clergy misconduct, violence, and inequality.

Christopher Bradley, Ph.D., is associate professor of sociology at IPFW. His primary research interests are in the social psychological areas of emotion, small group interaction, self-concept, and human motivation.

To reserve a copy of Self, Attitudes, and Emotion Work contact Transaction Publishers at 888-999-6778 or order online at http://www.transactionpub.com.  Editors interested in reviewing this book in a scholarly publication can forward the request along with company information to marketing@transactionpub.com.

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