Coronation at Koyasan : how one woman became king and learned about homeland security and national health care in ancient Japan / Pamela D. Winfield - Buddhism through the lens : a study of the study of Buddhism through film / Lina Verchery - Voice and gender in Vietnamese Buddhist practice / Alexander Soucy - Feasting for the dead : Theravada Buddhist funerals / Rita Langer - Buddha for our time : images of a Sri Lankan culture hero / John Clifford Holt - Shifting signposts in Shikoku pilgrimage / John S. Harding - From texts to people : developing new skills / Mavis L. Fenn - Merit, gender, and Theravada Buddhist practices in times of crisis / Monica Lindberg Falk - Encounters with jizo-san in an aging Japan / Jason A. Danely - Amitabha's birthday and liberation of life / Paul Crowe - Preaching as performance : notes on a secretive Shin Buddhist sermon / Clark Chilson - The insides and outsides of a Tibetan Buddhist ritual on the outskirts of Sujata Village / James B. Apple - Practicing the study of Buddhism : cross-cultural journeys and renewed humanism in the history of religions / William R. LaFleur