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is Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, where he teaches Buddhism and East Asian Religions while focusing his research on medieval Chinese religions.
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Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History
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Burning for the Buddha: Self-Immolation in Chinese Buddhism (Kuroda Studies in East Asian Buddhism, 37)
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The Buddhist Dead: Practices, Discourses, Representations
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Images, Relics, and Legends: The Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites
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Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia: Places of Practice
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Buddhist Statecraft in East Asia
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SELF-IMMOLATION: An entry from Macmillan Reference USA's <i>Encyclopedia of Buddhism</i>
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Inner Worlds: Individuals and Interiority in Chinese Religious Life (Studies on East Asian Religions, 14)
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Meditation Sickness: A Sourcebook on the Dangers of Buddhist Practice
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