About - Robert H. SHARF

Robert H. Sharf

Assistant professor of East Asian Religions at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies, University of Michigan, 1991): "The Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang Lun ) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eighth- Century China." Recent publications: "The Idolization of Enlightenment: On the Mummification of Ch'an Masters in Medieval China," History of Religions 32.1 (1992); and "The Zen of Japanese Nationalism," History of Religions 33.1 (1993). Currently engaged in a study of Hossô ritual at Kôfukuji, Nara.