"Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The Challenges Facing Jodo Shinshu in the Contemporary World -- Essays in Honor of Professor Alfred Bloom." Kenneth K. Tanaka & Eisho Nasu, eds. Wisdom Ocean Publications, Berkeley, 1988. -- Out of Print. Few copies available.

"Honen's Senchakushu: Passages in the Selection of the Nembutsu of the Original Vow." Morris Augustine, Tessho Kondo, trans. University of Hawaii Press, The Kuroda Institute, Honolulu, 1998.

"Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace." Alfred Bloom, Assn. for Asian Studies, 9th printing, 1965.

"Popular Buddhism in Japan: Shin Buddhist Religion & Culture." Esben Andreasen, University of Hawaii Press, 1997.

"Tariki: Embracing Despair, Discovering Peace." Hiroyuki Itsuki. Kodansha, 2001. A popular presentation of the major principle of Other Power based on his life experience. Itsuki is a major writer and novelist in Japan. He recounts his life experience that led him to appreciate Other Power and Shin Buddhism. 

"Interpreting Amida: History and Orientalism in the Study of Pure Land Buddhism." Galen Amstutz. SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies, 1997.

"Memoirs of the Warrior Kumagai: A Historical Novel." Donald Richie. Tuttle Publishing, 1999. About one of Honen's most illustrious disciples, giving something of the spirit of Pure Land teaching in novel form.