Daniel Clarkson Fisher

Daniel Clarkson Fisher founded the Master of Divinity in Buddhist Chaplaincy program at University of the West in Rosemead, CA, and is co-editor (with Nathan Jishin Michon) of A Thousand Hands: A Guidebook to Caring for Your Buddhist Community (Sumeru Books, 2016).

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Religion Dispatches

Who Would the Buddha Bomb?

Last week, dozens of senior Buddhist teachers and leaders converged on Washington, D.C. for an historic first meeting with U.S. government leaders. The gathering offered the assembled a chance to…

Daniel Clarkson Fisher

May 20, 2015

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Religion Dispatches

A Religion Scholar Gets It Wrong on Indiana’s RFRA

Stephen Prothero breaks from the pack—and gets lost.

Daniel Clarkson Fisher

April 19, 2015

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Religion Dispatches

No Buddhists in Washington?

Buddhism, which has a larger US population than either Islam or Hinduism, has had a sizable and growing impact on American culture. So why no representative on the Obama administration’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships?

Daniel Clarkson Fisher

November 30, 2009

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