Courtney Bruntz is assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and director of Asian studies at Doane University.

Brooke Schedneck is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Rhodes College.

Mark Michael Rowe is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University.

John N. Miksic is professor in the Department of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore.

Ian Reader is professor of religious studies at Lancaster University. He is the author of numerous books and articles on aspects of Japanese social and religious life.

Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg is assistant professor and codirector of the Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies at the University of Copenhagen.