Sept. 26, 2002--Kenneth L. Kraft, professor of religion studies at Lehigh University, will present a free public lecture on “The Path of Engaged Buddhism” at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, in 125 Clayton Hall.

Kraft is a scholar of Japanese Zen and a participant in the new field of engaged Buddhist studies. He was educated at Harvard University, the University of Michigan and Princeton University, and also was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies. He has lived and taught in Japan for five years and traveled extensively throughout Asia.

Kraft’s book, “Eloquent Zen: Daito and Early Japanese Zen,” was selected as an Outstanding Academic Book by Choice magazine. His anthology of present-day Zen masters and scholars, “Zen: Tradition and Transition,” is widely used in college courses. His other works include “In The Wheel of Engaged Buddhism: A New Map of the Path” and “Dharma Rain: Sources of Buddhist Environmentalism,” which was coedited with Stephanie Kaza.

The program is sponsored by the University of Delaware East Asian Studies Program and the Department of Philosophy.

For more information, call 831-2371.