Press
If you’re interested in reading interviews with yours truly, check these out:
The Faithful Progressive Interview
My 2005 interview with the wonderful “Faithful Progressive.”
Religion News Service: “Buddhists Get Engaged in Race for President”
An excellent piece by the RNS’s great Daniel Burke on Buddhists in America and the 2008 U.S. Presidential election. I am interviewed along with Sharon Salzberg, David Loy, Jeff Wilson, Mushim Patricia Ikeda-Nash, Robert Jones, Charles Martin, and the Venerable Vien Duc.
Buddhist Geeks: “Buddhist Chaplaincy, Buddhist Youth”
This is my 2009 interview with those fabulous Buddhist Geeks. The show’s host (and my friend) Vince Horn and I had a lot of fun talking about Buddhist chaplaincy, the launch of the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program at University of the West, and “the challenges and opportunities that young Buddhists encounter.”
E! True Hollywood Story: “Tiger Woods”
I appeared in this 2010 episode of the popular television program along with my UWest colleague Amy Demyan to discuss the Buddhist upbringing of disgraced celebrity golfer Tiger Woods. Look for me at the beginning and end of the show.
Buddhist Geeks: “The Stories We Tell Ourselves”
In my second interview for the Buddhist Geeks podcast, Vince Horn and I discuss various stories and narratives throughout Buddhist history, and what they have to teach both scholars and practitioners.
Let’s Talk About It: “Buddhism in the Bible Belt: An Interview With an American Buddhist Minister”
In this interview for the Unity.FM show, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Shepard and I discuss Buddhism in America, my path in life, and other things. My old friend and UWest colleague Jesse F. Tanner is on-hand as well as co-host/producer of the show.
The Washington Post‘s On Faith: “‘For Troy Davis, We Pray to the Lord’”
In this post for the “Under God” blog, one of my tweets about the late Troy Davis (a Georgia prisoner executed despite international outcry) is quoted alongside those of Sister Helen Prejean, Cornel West, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Chris D. Stedman, and others.
CNN: “Monthlong Protests Show No Sign of Abating as Rally Enters Times Square”
In the piece about the Global Day of Action for Occupy Wall Street, I am briefly quoted and discussed. I was one of the clergy present for march from Pershing Square to City Hall in Los Angeles that day.
