]> 2026-10-11T04:56:44-04:00 People/Coleman, J. 0 en Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Dr. James William Coleman was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal State Northridge (then called San Fernando Valley State College) and his master's and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His areas of specialization were criminology and the sociology of religion. . . . His dissertation was an attempt to explain the process by which heroin addicts were able to give up drugs and change their lives, but his interest in criminology soon shifted to white collar crime. He first published ''The Criminal Elite: The Sociology of White Collar Crime'' in 1985, and it eventually went to six editions. His textbook, ''Social Problems'', which he originally co-authored with his dissertation advisor, Donald R. Cressey, and later with Harold R. Kerbo, Professor Emeritus, first came out in 1980 and had a total of 10 editions. Later in his career, Coleman's interest turned back to the sociology of religion, and more specifically, to the amazing growth of Buddhism in the west. He published ''The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition'' in 1991, and continues to be involved with Buddhist theory and practice. He edited the talks of Reb Anderson Roshi into a booked entitled ''The Third Turning of the Wheel: The Wisdom of the Samdhnirmocana Sutra'', which was published in 2012. His latest book, ''The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness and Awakened Nature'' came out in June 2017. ([https://socialsciences.calpoly.edu/newsletter-2017/coleman-retires Source Accessed Jul 21, 2020]) Person People File:Coleman James White Heron Sangha.jpg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/f/f5/Coleman_James_White_Heron_Sangha.jpg true true true File:Coleman James White Heron Sangha.jpg File:Coleman James White Heron Sangha.jpg James Coleman;James;Coleman;William;Coleman, J. false James Coleman James Coleman William Coleman James White Heron Sangha.jpg Coleman, J. James Coleman James Coleman William Authors of English Works Coleman, James Modern Dr. James William Coleman was born in Los Angeles and raised in the San Fernando Valley. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cal State Northridge (then called San Fernando Valley State College) and his master's and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara. His areas of specialization were criminology and the sociology of religion. . . . His dissertation was an attempt to explain the process by which heroin addicts were able to give up drugs and change their lives, but his interest in criminology soon shifted to white collar crime. He first published ''The Criminal Elite: The Sociology of White Collar Crime'' in 1985, and it eventually went to six editions. His textbook, ''Social Problems'', which he originally co-authored with his dissertation advisor, Donald R. Cressey, and later with Harold R. Kerbo, Professor Emeritus, first came out in 1980 and had a total of 10 editions. Later in his career, Coleman's interest turned back to the sociology of religion, and more specifically, to the amazing growth of Buddhism in the west. He published ''The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition'' in 1991, and continues to be involved with Buddhist theory and practice. He edited the talks of Reb Anderson Roshi into a booked entitled ''The Third Turning of the Wheel: The Wisdom of the Samdhnirmocana Sutra'', which was published in 2012. His latest book, ''The Buddha’s Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness and Awakened Nature'' came out in June 2017. ([https://socialsciences.calpoly.edu/newsletter-2017/coleman-retires Source Accessed Jul 21, 2020]) Coleman, J.;;;James Coleman;;;James William Coleman;James Coleman;Coleman, James 2019-05-31T22:15:23Z 2458635.4273495 2019-05-31T22:15:23Z 2458635.4273495 true People/Coleman, J. 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Coleman, J.]] People/Coleman, J.# QUERY9e874e2a0409ca04a4719b96f17c8c38 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Coleman, J.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Coleman, J.||People/Coleman, J.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Coleman, J.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Coleman, J.# QUERY955b702dc91beeac7034b0c610ed874f 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Coleman, J.]] People/Coleman, J.# QUERYa215c50bbb7e79d1854fc9a8c54ef4db Books/The Buddha's Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature 0 en The Buddha's Dream of Liberation: Freedom, Emptiness, and Awakened Nature Coleman, James 0 en Coleman, James BuNayAuthor 102 en BuNayAuthor REDI 102 en REDI