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Buddhist Studies
December 15, 2020
Chinese Esoteric Buddhism
Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition
Geoffrey C. Goble
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent book, Chinese Esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra, the Ruling Elite, and the Emergence of a Tradition (Columbia University Press, 2019), Geoffrey Goble examines the emergence and early history of …
Southeast Asian Studies
February 11, 2019
The Buddha’s Wizards
Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism
Thomas Patton
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent monograph, The Buddha’s Wizards: Magic, Protection, and Healing in Burmese Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 2018), Thomas Patton examines the weizzā, a figure in Burmese Buddhism who is …
East Asian Studies
February 7, 2018
Assembling Shinto
Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan
Anna Andreeva
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In her recent monograph, Assembling Shinto: Buddhist Approaches to Kami Worship in Medieval Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2017), Anna Andreeva focuses on a complex network of religious sites, figures …
East Asian Studies
December 4, 2017
Ritualized Writing
Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan
Bryan D. Lowe
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent monograph, Ritualized Writing: Buddhist Practice and Scriptural Cultures in Ancient Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2017), Bryan D. Lowe examines eighth-century Japanese practices that ritualized writing, or …
East Asian Studies
October 9, 2017
Anarchy in the Pure Land
Reinventing the Cult of Maitreya in Modern Chinese Buddhism
Justin R. Ritzinger
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent monograph, Anarchy in the Pure Land: Reinventing the Cult of Maitreya in Modern Chinese Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2017), Justin R. Ritzinger examines the cult of Maitreya …
American Studies
April 2, 2017
Buddhism in America
Global Religion, Local Contexts
Scott A. Mitchell
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Scott A. Mitchell's recent monograph, Buddhism in America: Global Religion, Local Contexts (Bloomsbury, 2016), provides a much-needed up-to-date overview of Buddhism in the United States. To tackle such a large …
South Asian Studies
March 3, 2017
Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of the Law
The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka
Benjamin Schonthal
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent monograph, Buddhism, Politics and the Limits of Law: The Pyrrhic Constitutionalism of Sri Lanka (Cambridge University Press, 2016), Benjamin Schonthal examines the relationship between constitutional law and …
Southeast Asian Studies
January 20, 2017
Deathpower
Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia
Erik W. Davis
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent monograph, Deathpower: Buddhism's Ritual Imagination in Cambodia (Columbia University Press, 2015), Erik W. Davis explores funerary ritual in contemporary Cambodian Buddhism and the way in which Buddhist …
Southeast Asian Studies
May 16, 2016
Thailand's International Meditation Centers
Tourism and the Global Commodification of Religious Practices
Brooke Schedneck
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In her recent monograph, Thailand's International Meditation Centers: Tourism and the Global Commodification of Religious Practices (Routledge, 2015), Brooke Schedneck examines Buddhist meditation centers in Thailand and draws our attention …
East Asian Studies
January 20, 2016
Real and Imagined
The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan
Heather Blair
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In her recent monograph, Real and Imagined: The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2015), Heather Blair explores the religious and institutional history of Kinpusen, a …
Gender Studies
September 26, 2015
Love and Liberation
Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro
Sarah H. Jacoby
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Sarah H. Jacoby's recent monograph, Love and Liberation: Autobiographical Writings of the Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro (Columbia University Press, 2014), focuses on the extraordinary life and times of the …
East Asian Studies
June 27, 2015
Rescued from the Nation
Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist World
Steven E. Kemper
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent book, Rescued from the Nation: Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist World (University of Chicago Press, 2015), Steven E. Kemper examines the Sinhala layman Anagarika Dharmapala (1864-1933) and …
East Asian Studies
May 7, 2015
Experimental Buddhism
Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan
John K. Nelson
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent book, Experimental Buddhism: Innovation and Activism in Contemporary Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2013), John K. Nelson delves into the historical circumstances that have led to the …
East Asian Studies
April 25, 2015
Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China
Stuart Young
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China (University of Hawai'i Press, 2015), Stuart Young examines Chinese hagiographic representations of three Indian Buddhist patriarchs--Asvaghosa (Maming), Nagarjuna (Longshu), and Aryadeva (Sheng …
East Asian Studies
March 18, 2015
The History of Chinese Buddhist Bibliography
Censorship and Transformation of the Tripitaka
Tanya Storch
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Tanya Storch's recent book, The History of Chinese Buddhist Bibliography: Censorship and Transformation of the Tripitaka (Cambria, 2014), focuses on the development of Chinese Buddhist catalogs from their first appearance …
East Asian Studies
February 11, 2015
India in the Chinese Imagination
Myth, Religion, and Thought
Meir Shahar and John Kieschnick, eds.
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In India in the Chinese Imagination: Myth, Religion, and Thought (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014), eleven scholars (including editors John Kieschnick and Meir Shahar) examine the Chinese reception of Indian …
East Asian Studies
February 6, 2015
Miracles of Book and Body
Buddhist Textual Culture and Medieval Japan
Charlotte Eubanks
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In Miracles of Book and Body: Buddhist Textual Culture and Medieval Japan (University of California Press, 2011), Charlotte Eubanks examines the relationship between MahÄyÄna Buddhist sÅ«tras and the human body …
Literary Studies
January 23, 2015
Wondrous Brutal Fictions
Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater
R. Keller Kimbrough
Hosted by Luke Thompson
In his recent book, Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater (Columbia University Press, 2013), R. Keller Kimbrough provides us with eight beautifully translated sekkyÅ …
Southeast Asian Studies
January 8, 2015
The Birth of Insight
Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw
Erik Braun
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Erik Braun's recent book, The Birth of Insight: Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw (University of Chicago Press, 2013), examines the spread of Burmese Buddhist meditation practices …
Central Asian Studies
December 25, 2014
The Taming of the Demons
Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism
Jacob Dalton
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Jacob Dalton's recent book, The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism (Yale University Press, 2011), examines violence (both symbolic and otherwise) in Tibetan Buddhism. Dalton focuses …
East Asian Studies
November 11, 2014
Secrecy's Power
Cover Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment
Clark Chilson
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Clark Chilson's new book, Secrecy's Power: Covert Shin Buddhists in Japan and Contradictions of Concealment (University of Hawai'i Press, 2014) examines secret groups of Shin (i.e., True Pure Land Buddhist) …
East Asian Studies
October 27, 2014
The Body Incantatory
Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Paul Copp
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Paul Copp's new book, The Body Incantatory: Spells and the Ritual Imagination in Medieval Chinese Buddhism (Columbia University Press, 2014), focuses on Chinese interpretations and uses of two written dharani …
East Asian Studies
October 14, 2014
Passing the Light
The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan
Chun-fang Yu
Hosted by Luke Thompson
Chan-fang Yu's new book, Passing the Light: The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan (University of Hawaii Press, 2013), focuses on a community of nuns in Taiwan …
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