Ellen Schattschneider is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Brandeis University.
Immortal Wishes reveals the deeply embodied nature of a religion which is physically labored at with a subtlety and intensity that is as sensuous as it is spiritual. It is this aesthetics-personal, historical, collective-that Ellen Schattschneider captures with the delicacy of her prose and analysis. -Anne Allison, Duke University Ellen Schattschneider has given us an account of Japanese religious experience that is at once powerfully evocative and analytically sophisticated. Immortal Wishes is a remarkable book that should prove invaluable not only for students of Japan but also for anyone wanting to understand the transformative power of religious experience. -Bradd Shore, Emory University