Japan Archives - Killing the Buddha

Stones As Social Media

By S. Brent Plate | March 11, 2014

Adapted from A History of Religion in 5 ½ Objects (Beacon Press, March 11th)

Army of Monk

By Brynn Saito | February 25, 2013

The fighting, silent warrior-monk draws me closer.

Accidental Gods

By Anna Della Subin | May 8, 2012

“…it is impossible for human nature not always to love something.”

Fire-walking at Mount Takao

By Y.B. Shiraz | September 1, 2009

Mount Takao is located in a western, wooded stretch of greater Tokyo. It is a prime destination to take in the seasons and escape the asphalt island that is the…

Zen and the Art of Hostessing

By Y.B. Shiraz | August 17, 2009

After all, Buddhist monks are men too.

“I Only Desire”: Poet Monks

By Y.B. Shiraz | August 17, 2009

Running into a monk at a hostess bar in Kyoto was as jarring to me as bumping into a rowdy rabbi or Baptist minister at a strip club. Though all…

An Easter service sponsored by US military chaplains, in the public plaza adjacent to the Imperial Palace, 1948.

Red Flags and Christian Soldiers

By Tim Shorrock | April 22, 2003

Operation Gospel – A primer from the last time the U.S. occupied foreign lands.

Princessing Lessons

By Tom Bradley | February 16, 2001

No need for jumbo-jets full of pre-pubescent sex slaves, Japan’s Great Goddess has arrived.

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