I will be speaking as part of a roundtable celebrating the 25th anniversary of the publication of an influential book co-authored by my MA thesis advisor, George J. Tanabe, Jr.

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Ian Reader and George Tanabe’s Practically Religious, which will celebrate its 25th Anniversary in 2023, was a groundbreaking work that continues to influence scholars today. While not explicitly written in conversation with scholars in the nascent field of Lived Religion at the time, it was perhaps one of the first and most influential works on what later became known as the study of lived religion in Japan. The book highlights the categories of moral luck and good luck, the marketing of benefits, the confluence between high and low traditions, and the distinction between cognitive and affective belief. Appealing to textual studies scholars, ethnographers, Buddhologists, and many others, it continues to be cited in contemporary research and is a staple assignment in many courses.