Materiality and Buddhism
Germano, David: Embodying the Dharma; Buddhist Relic Veneration in Asia, 2004. Albany: State University of New York Press. 200 pages.
Materiality and Buddhism in Tibet
*Martin, Dan: "Pearls from Bones: Relics, Chortens, Tertons and the Signs of Saintly Death in Tibet" in: Numen, vol.44, 1994. 2. 273 - 305. *Artikkelen vil bli gjort tilgjengelig ved semesterstart.
Materiality and Buddhism in Japan
Rambelli, Fabio : Buddhist Materiality: A Cultural History og Objects in Japanese Buddhism, 2007. Stanford: Stanford University Press. 273 pages.
Pilgrimage, Tibet
Huber, Toni: The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain; Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet, 1999. New York: Oxford University Press. 297 pages.
Pilgrimage, Japan
Reader, Ian: Making Pilgrimages: Meaning and Practice in Shikoku, 2005. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press. 271 pages.
Recommended reading:
Buddhism
Prebish, Charles S. and Damien Keown: Introducing Buddhism, 2006. Routledge.
Tibetan religion
Samuel, Geoffrey: Civilized Shamans. Buddhism in Tibetan Societies, 1993. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.
Japanese religion
Kasahara, Kazuo, ed.: A history of Japanese religion, 2001. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing.