Dale S. Wright

{{Short description|American theologian}}

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Dale S. Wright is Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles.{{cite web |url=http://media.www.oxyweekly.com/media/storage/paper1200/news/2008/02/06/News/Bataille.Conference.Explores.The.Sacred.And.Debased-3189632.shtml |title=Bataille Conference Explores the Sacred and Debased - News - the Occidental Weekly |website=media.www.oxyweekly.com |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110715031636/http://media.www.oxyweekly.com/media/storage/paper1200/news/2008/02/06/News/Bataille.Conference.Explores.The.Sacred.And.Debased-3189632.shtml |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/six-perfections/200911/is-self-cultivation-inherently-selfish-buddhist-perspective|title = Is Self-Cultivation Inherently Selfish? A Buddhist Perspective | Psychology Today}} He is author of numerous books on Zen Buddhism. He and Steven Heine co-edited a series of books including The Koan: Text and Context in Zen Buddhism, The Zen Canon: Textual Foundations of Zen Buddhism, Zen Classics: Formative Texts in the History of Zen Buddhism, and Zen Ritual: Studies of Zen Buddhist Theory in Practice.