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Foreword Randall Collins; Preface; Part I. A Sociological View of Zen:1. Approaching the study of religion; 2. On going native; Part II. A Profileof Zen Membership and Formal Orgainzation in Southern California: 3. Aprofile of Zen membership; 4. The physical layout of a Zen center; 5. Formalorganization and staff; Part III. The Zen Teacher: 6. The teacher; 7. Dailyschedule; 8. Interaction with students; Part IV. What is Zen?: 9. Learningabout Zen; 10. Varieties of Zen practice; 11. Zen viewed sociologically; 12.Zen practice; Part V. Meditation as a Social Phenomenon: I: 13. Becoming aZen practitioner; 14. Consequences of meditative practice; 15. Becker'smodel; Part VI. Meditation as a Social Phenomenon II: 16. The socialconstructionist view; 17. Meditation defined 18. Some consequences ofmeditative practice; Part VII. Doing Zen Meditation: 19. Sudnow's view ofimprovised conduct; 20. Using Sudnow to see Zen practice sociologically; 21.The social organization of Zen meditation; 22. Problems in Zen practice; 23.An experience of sitting meditation; Part VIII. The Social Organization ofZen Meditative Ritual Practice and its Consequences: 24. Bourdieu's conceptof habitus; 25. Ritual, self-transformation, and reality construction; PartIX. The Meanings of Zen Practice: 26. Subjective (conscious) meaning; 27.Objective (unconscious) meaning; Part X. Summary and Conclusions; Appendix;Notes; References; Index.