A Century of Reiki: From the 1920s to the 2020s with Justin Stein

A Century of Reiki: From the 1920s to the 2020s

With Justin B. Stein

Hosted by Yolanda Williams

Justin B. Stein

Chair of Asian Studies Program, Kwantlen Polytechnic University

Dr. Justin B. Stein is the chair of the Asian Studies Program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where he also teaches in the Department of Language and Cultures.

He is a historian of Japanese religion and spirituality who has written extensively about Reiki, including his 2023 book, Alternate Currents: Reiki’s Circulation in the Twentieth-Century North Pacific. He also edited the recent English-language translation of the 1933 book by Tomita Kaiji, Reiki and the Benevolent Art of Healing: Tomita-style Hands-on Therapy, and is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Medicine, and Health, and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals including Asian Medicine, Japanese Religions, Journal of Global Buddhism, and Modern Asian Studies.

You can read some of his work at his website and keep up with his latest findings on Facebook.

Website: justinstein.academia.edu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/JBSReikiResearch