Release of Journal of World Buddhist Cultures, Vol. 8 (2025)
2025.03.07
The Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures at Ryukoku University is pleased to announce that the Journal of World Buddhist Cultures, Vol. 8 (2025) has now been published and is available on the center’s homepage.
The current issue includes two scholarly articles and one book review.
Articles
1. Yasuko FUKUYAMA “Aspects of the Authenticity and Orthodoxy of the Sacred Site Bodh Gaya: Focusing on the Bodhi tree, Mahabodhi temple, and Buddhapāda”
2. Athira VYSAKHAM “Wisdom and Ethics: A Buddhist Framework for Ecological Conservation”
Book Reviews
1. Nobuya DAKE. Review of Decolonising the Study of Religion: Who Owns Buddhism? by Jørn Borup
The whole volume is available for free download. Please have a look at the contents from the following link.
Link: https://rcwbc.ryukoku.ac.jp/journal-of-world-buddhist-cultures/journal/
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all authors including those contributors whose essays couldn’t be included, reviewers, and supporters of the journal.
We plan to invite papers for the next volume in May/June 2025. Please do consider submitting your scholarly articles and also encourage your colleagues/students to submit to JWBC.
Inquiries: Please feel free to drop us a line at the following email.
Editorial Board of JWBC: rcwbc-ejournal@ad.ryukoku.ac.jp