Additional Campus Affiliations
Professor Emeritus, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Recent Publications
Ruppert, B. (2014). Buddhism and law in Japan. In Buddhism and Law: An Introduction (pp. 273-287). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139044134.020
Ruppert, B. O. (2013). Constructing histories, thinking ritual gatherings, and rereading "native" religion: A review of recent books published in Japanese on premodern Japanese religion (part two). Japanese Journal of Religious Studies, 40(2), 355-375. https://doi.org/10.18874/jjrs.40.2.2013.355-375
Ruppert, B. O. (2011). Dharma Prince Shukaku and the esoteric Buddhist culture of sacred works (Sho¯gyo¯) in medieval Japan. In Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia (Vol. 24, pp. 794-800). (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 4, China; Vol. 24). Brill Academic Publishers.
Ruppert, B. O. (2008). Beyond death and the afterlife: Considering relic veneration in medieval Japan. In Death and the Afterlife in Japanese Buddhism (pp. 102-136). University of Hawai'i Press.
Ruppert, B. O. (2002). Buddhist rainmaking in early Japan: The dragon king and the ritual careers of esoteric monks. History of Religions, 42(2), 143-173. https://doi.org/10.1086/463701