EPISODE · Sep 23, 2025 · 45 MIN
Tina Turner’s Nichiren Buddhist Practice with Dr. Ralph Craig
from Uplifting Black Nichiren Buddhist Voices · host Black Buddhist Studies
The distinctive teachings of Nichiren Buddhism are deeply compelling for Black practitioners throughout the United States. To start this exploration of the significance of this practice for Black Americans, Rima Vesely-Flad speaks with Dr. Ralph Craig about the famous Black Buddhist singer Tina Turner, and her relationship to Nichiren practices such as chanting the Lotus Sutra.Dr. Ralph Craig is the author of Dancing In My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of religion, whose research focuses on South Asian Buddhism and American Buddhism.
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The distinctive teachings of Nichiren Buddhism are deeply compelling for Black practitioners throughout the United States. To start this exploration of the significance of this practice for Black Americans, Rima Vesely-Flad speaks with Dr. Ralph Craig about the famous Black Buddhist singer Tina Turner, and her relationship to Nichiren practices such as chanting the Lotus Sutra.Dr. Ralph Craig is the author of Dancing In My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner. He is an interdisciplinary scholar of religion, whose research focuses on South Asian Buddhism and American Buddhism.
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