Franz Metcalf Interview

Franz Metcalf teaches religious studies at California State University, Los Angeles. For his Master’s degree at the Graduate Theological Union he compared Buddhist and Catholic spiritual retreats. In his doctoral program at the University of Chicago he was awarded distinction for his dissertation on the question “Why do Americans practice Zen Buddhism?” The Past President of the American Academy of Religion, Western Region, he has published numerous articles and chapters on the psychology of religion and contemporary Buddhism. He is also a founding editor of the scholarly organization H-Buddhism and founding book review editor at the Journal of Global Buddhism. Franz is the author or coauthor of five books, including What Would Buddha Do?, a best seller published in over a dozen languages, and Being Buddha at Work. He is currently working on a historical-spiritual-detective novel set in and around the sangha during the life of the Buddha. We spoke about a variety of issues in contemporary Buddhism in America. Learn more about Franz Metcalf here: https://mind2mind.net/