Preview JANM’s Latest with Rev. Duncan Williams

The latest installation at the Japanese American National Museum, “Sutra and Bible: Faith and the Japanese American World War II Incarceration.,” opened February 26. The exhibit can be previewed in this video, narrated by Rev. Duncan Williams, among others. Rev. Williams is one of the show’s curators.

Here is the video of the preview, running just under an hour.

To learn more about the exhibit, please click here. The show runs through Sunday, November 27 and is co-presented by the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) and the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, with support from the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program. Rev. Williams is Director of the Shinsho Ito Center, located on the University of Southern California campus.

American Sutra

Rev. Williams’ book American Sutra was published in 2020. Rev. Williams has spoken in San Diego before, discussing the book, in a community event at the Temple. We may have one or two copies of American Sutra still available at the Temple. If interested, please call or email the Temple as shown at the bottom of this page.

A recorded presentation of a discussion on American Sutra was recorded several years back and is available following.