Part of a special section on Buddhist Chaplaincy in the United States and Japan. Editors’ note: Professor KIGOSHI Yasushi teaches at Ōtani University, a private university in Kyoto, Japan, with an emphasis on Shin Buddhist studies. In addition to being an alumni of the university, Professor Kigoshi served as president from 2016 to 2022. Unique among the Japanese authors contributing…
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Review: Guardians of the Buddha’s Home
Guardians of the Buddha’s Home. By Jessica Starling. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2019. 200 pages. $62.00 (hardcover), ISBN 9780824866921. Matthew Hayes University of California, Los Angeles In Guardians of the Buddha’s Home, Jessica Starling decenters our view of modern Jōdo Shinshū practice by calling into question the primacy of “orthodox” roles, physical spaces, and relationships, often occupied and defined…