Gwendolyn Gillson

The Essential Guide to Buddhism. Editor. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. Print version of: Buddhism: The Basics. Part of Bloomsbury Religion in North America. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. doi: 11.5040/Buddhism.

“A Tepid Liberation: Sectarianism in Scholarship on Hōnen and Women.” Journal of Religion in Japan. In press.

“Implementing Anti-Racist Pedagogy: A Workshop about Integrating Theory Across the Curriculum.” Journal on Excellence in College Teaching 36, no. 3 (2025): 1-10.https://celt.miamioh.edu/index.php/JECT/article/view/1197.

“Feasting with Buddhist Women: Food Literacy in Religious Belonging.” With Paulina Kolata. Numen 68, no. 5/6 (2021): 567-592. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341640.

“Feminist Ethnography in the Study of Religion.” Religion Compass 15, no. 12 (2021): 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12419.

“Traversing the Nenbutsu: The Power of Ritual in Contemporary Japanese Buddhism.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 46, no. 1 (2019): 31-51. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.18874/jjrs.46.1.2019.31-51.

“Women in Japanese Buddhism from 1900 to 2023.” In Emily Simpson and Monika Schrimpf (eds.), Handbook of Women in Japanese Buddhism, MHM Limited. In press.

“Introduction to Buddhism.” In The Essential Guide to Buddhism (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024): 1-32. doi: 10.5040/9781350971066.001.

Review of Pure Land: History, Traditions, and Practice by Charles B. Jones. Reading Religion. 2025. https://readingreligion.org/9781611808902/pure-land/.

Review of Monks, Money, and Morality: The Balancing Act of Contemporary Buddhism, edited by Christoph Brumann, Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko, and Beata Switek. Pacific World Journal Series 4, no. 4 (2023): 131-137. https://pwj.shin-ibs.edu/2023/7074.

Review of Buddhism and Business: Merit, Material Wealth, and Morality in the Global Market Economy, edited by Trine Brox and Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg. Asian Ethnology 80, no. 1 (2021): 241-243. https://asianethnology.org/articles/2334.

“The Affective Obligations of Collecting.” Collecting Religion. October 28, 2024. https://collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2024/10/28/the-affective-obligations-of-collecting/.

“Reflective Journaling in Any Context.” A Proven Practice: Reflections on Teaching Online. Religious Studies News (American Academy of Religion). October 1, 2020. https://aarweb.org/news/a-proven-practice-reflections-on-teaching-online-part-ii/.

“Predictability (and Flexibility) in Times of Crisis.” Teaching and Learning During Crisis. Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion. August 12, 2020. https://www.wabashcenter.wabash.edu/2020/08/predictability-and-flexibility-in-times-of-crisis/.