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> I guess I'm suggesting that we attempt overt effort and push for a modernized Buddhism.
Well, in that case, I think we ought to look at the Buddhist Modernism that is already in progress, and the distortions that have arisen due to it. The best book on the subject is David McMahan's The Making of Buddhist Modernism.
Put another way: we need to make sure that the modernized Buddhism we end up with is still Buddhism, after it is modernized.
> As for the areas I'm most interested in, I suppose most obviously any writing on Buddhism in America or in the West is of particular interest to me.
The McMahan is a great place to start, then.
In the opposite direction, Richard Gombich's book What the Buddha Thought does an excellent job of showing the elements of the Buddha's thought that were directly commenting on Brahmanic/Vedic doctrines that are likely unfamiliar to you.
Finally, for a fascinating and completely counter-intuitive view, take a look at this video on "The Buddha as Businessman" by Gregory Schopen.