Jeff Wilson

Jeff Wilson is a Tricycle contributing editor, an author, a Shin Buddhist priest, and a professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at Renison University College, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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Ideas Pure Land

Shinran’s Engaged Buddhism

Religious scholar Jeff Wilson explains how the radical teachings of Shinran Shonin, the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, can help us navigate today’s social and environmental problems. 

Interview with Jeff Wilson by Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar

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