Jan Willis

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Janice Dean Willis
Born1948
Alma materBA and MA degrees in philosophy,
Ph.D. in Indic and Buddhist Studies, Columbia University
OccupationProfessor of Religion
Employers
Known forAuthor of books on Tibetan Buddhism
AwardsWesleyan University's Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Websitehttps://janwillisweb.com/

Janice Dean Willis, or Jan Willis (born 1948) is Professor of Religion, Emerita at

Ebony Magazine.[6] Aetna Inc.'s 2011 African American History Calendar features professor Willis as one of thirteen distinguished leaders of faith-based health initiatives in the United States.[7][8][9][10] She taught part-time at Agnes Scott College from 2014 to 2020.[11]

Willis grew up in

dissertation
: A Study of the Chapter on Reality Based Upon the Tattvartha-patalam of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi.).

Since 2006, she has contributed to the group blog On Faith (sponsored by Newsweek and the

Washington Post) alongside Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu, and Madeleine Albright
, among others. In 2003, she was awarded Wesleyan University's Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching.

Publications

She is the author of the following books:[12]

  • Dreaming Me: An African American Woman's Spiritual Journey. New York: Riverhead Books, 2001.
  • Enlightened Beings: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition. Wisdom Publications, 1995.
  • Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet. (Editor, and contributor of two of six, essays) Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1989.
  • On Knowing Reality: The Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi. Columbia UP, 1979.
  • The Diamond Light: An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972.

References

  1. ^ December 2000; Willis was named as one of six "Spiritual innovators for the new millennium"
  2. Time Magazine. Archived from the original
    on July 12, 2011. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
  3. ^ "Spirituality in America," 2005.
  4. ^ Tibetan Buddhism: Learning To Let Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast
  5. ^ Tibetan Buddhism: Learning to Let Go; After college, this child of Jim Crow went to Nepal, where she found the divine within and made peace with her past. (Jan Willis)(Cover Story ...)
  6. ^ May 2007 issue cites her as one of the 150 most influential African Americans (one of sixteen religious leaders so named).
  7. ^ "Biography - Aetna African American Calendar 2011". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
  8. ^ "Profile - Aetna African American Calendar 2011". Archived from the original on 2011-07-07. Retrieved 2011-03-01.
  9. ^ Aetna's 2011 African American History Calendar Highlights Leaders of Faith-Based Health Initiatives | Business Wire
  10. ^ AETNA NEW : Aetna's 2011 African American History Calendar Highlights Leaders of Faith-Based Health Initiatives | 4-Traders
  11. ^ "Faculty Emeriti, College of East Asian Studies - Wesleyan University". www.wesleyan.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-08.
  12. ^ "Jan Willis: Professor of Religion: Books". Wesleyan University. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-18.

Other sources

  • Lama Yeshe
    is discussed on pp. 64–70.
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