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Buddhism and the Senses

What is Bad About Bad Smell? Relativity, Relationship, and Revelation in the Buddhist Olfactory Imagination. (Published in Buddhism and the Senses. Donald S. Lopez and Robert DeCaroli, eds. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications. 2024.)

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An Alternative to the "Westernization" Paradigm

An Alternative to the “Westernization” Paradigm and Buddhist Global Imaginaires. (Published in Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West. Harding, Hori, Soucy, eds. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.)

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Rebirth and the Transspecies Imagination in Chinese Buddhism

Both Like and Unlike: Rebirth, Olfaction and the Transspecies Imagination in Modern Chinese Buddhism. (Published in Religions: Reflections on Animals in Asian Religions and Culture. Reiko Ohnuma, Barbara Ambros, eds. Vol. 10.6, 2019.)

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A History of Cultuic Images in China

French-to-English translation of A History of Cultic Images in China: The Domestic Statuary of Hunan by Alain Arrault (Hong Kong: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, 2019).

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New Perspectives on Globalized Buddhism

The Avatamsaka Sagely Monastery (華嚴聖寺) and New Perspectives on Globalized Buddhism in Canada. (Published in Understanding the Consecrated Life in Canada: Critical Essays on Contemporary Trends. Jason Zuidema, ed. Ontario: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2015.)

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The Woodenfish Program and Global Buddhism

The Woodenfish Program: Fo Guang Shan, Canadian Youth and a New Generation of Buddhist Missionaries. (Published in Wild Geese: Buddhism in Canada. John Harding, Victor Hori, Alexander Soucy, eds. Toronto: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2010.)

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