Articles
Journal Articles
2024. “The Merit of Meat: Karma as Social Fact among Buddhist Food Charities in Vietnam.” Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 22 (7): 5829. https://apjjf.org/2024/2/swenson
2024. “The Life and Legacies of Thích Nhất Hạnh.” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 19 (1): 1–8. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2024.19.1.1
2023. “An Uncouth Monk: The Moral Aesthetics of Buddhist Para-Charisma.” Journal of Religious Ethics 51 (4): 761–781. DOI:http://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12456
2022. “‘Three Trees Make a Mountain’: Women and Contramodern Buddhist Volunteerism in Vietnam.” Asian Ethnology 81 (1–2): 3–22. Web: https://asianethnology.org/articles/2377
2020. “The Affective Politics of Karma among Buddhist Cancer Charities in Vietnam.” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 15 (4): 33–62. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2020.15.4.33
2020. “Following Feeling: Karma and the Senses in Buddhist Nuns’ Ordination Narratives.” Journal of Global Buddhism 21: 71–86. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/4030985
2020. “Compassion without pity: Buddhist dana as charity, humanitarianism, and altruism.” Religion Compass 14 (9): 1–10. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/rec3.12371
2021. “The Political Spirituality of Buddhist Volunteerism in Contemporary Vietnam.” Political Theology 22 (1): 68–74. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1462317X.2020.1866815
2018. “Mixed-Reality: Social Media as Ethnographic Method.” Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa National Honor Society for Religious Studies and Theology 42 (1): 1–15.
2017. “Religious Wonderlands: Eros, Madness, and Ethics in Religious Studies through the work of Lynne Huffer.” Journal of Theology & Sexuality 22 (3): 133–142. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/13558358.2017.1329885
Special Journal Issues (Co-Edited)
2024. “Religion, Food Charity, and Care in Vietnam.” Co-authored with Le Hoang Anh Thu. Introduction to a Special Issue of Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus 22 (4): 5826. https://apjjf.org/2024/2/food-charity-religion-care-vietnam
2023. “Buddhist Moral Emotions.” Co-authored with Jessica Starling. Introduction to a Special Issue of Journal of Religious Ethics 51 (4): 691–700. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1111/jore.12454
BOOK REVIEWS
2024. “Alexander Soucy – Zen Conquests: Buddhist Transformations in Contemporary Vietnam.” Journal of Asian Studies 83, no. 2 (2024): 509–511. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00219118-11057980
2022. “Allison J. Truitt – Pure Land in the Making: Vietnamese Buddhism in the US Gulf South.” Journal of Vietnamese Studies 17 (2–3): 176–179. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/vs.2022.17.2-3.176
PODCASTS & YOUTUBE
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BBC – “Heart & Soul: Thích Nhất Hạnh’s Censored Legacy.”
2021 – “Episode 57: Sara Ann Swenson, Dartmouth College” Gatty Lecture Rewind. Podcast.
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