About the Authors

James W. Boyd, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University in history of religions. Among his publications are A Persian Offering: The Yasna, A Zoroastrian High liturgy (1991 with F.M. Kotwal), Ritual Art and Knowledge (1993, with Ron Williams) and "Artful Means: An Aesthetic View of Shinto Purification Rituals" (1999, with Ron Williams). James Boyd can be reached at (970) 491-6351 or jwboyd@lamar.colostate.edu

Ron G. Williams, Professor of Philosophy, Colorado State University, received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University. His publications include Philosophical Analysis (1965 with S. Gorovitz, et. al.), and several exhibition catalog essays, Ritual Art and Knowledge (1993, with James Boyd) and "Artful Means: An Aesthetic View of Shinto Purification Rituals" (1999, with James Boyd). Ron Williams can be reached at (970) 491-6887 or rgwill@lamar.colostate.edu

Tetsuya Nishimura, Part-time instructor, Dept. of English Language and Literature, Chukyo University, author of "The Use of Ellipsis in Oral Japanese Discourse," and "Advantage of the Computer Network in the Writing Classroom." Tetsuya Nishimura can be reached at EZE00126@nifty.ne.jp

Special thanks to Greg Nelson and the Office of Instructional Services, Colorado State University, for providing technical and design assistance for this site.