CrossCurrents connects the wisdom of the heart with the life of the mind and the experiences of the body. The journal is operated through its parent organization, the Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life (APRIL), an interreligious network of academics, activists, artists, and community leaders seeking to engage the many ways religion meets the public. Contributions to the journal exist at the nexus of religion, education, the arts, and social justice. In the September 2011 issue of CrossCurrents: "Introduction: Religion in Asia Today" by Pamela D. Winfield "In the Wake of the Tsunami: Religious Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake" by Levi McLaughlin "Making a Space for Hope: Representing the Creative Reinvention of Japanese Mountain Asceticism in the Documentary Shugend&333; Now" by Mark Patrick McGuire "The Contraction and Expansion of Shamanic Landscapes in Contemporary South Korea" by Laurel Kendall "Prominent Nuns: Influential Taiwanese Voices" by Jennifer Eichman "Hinduism Without Religion: Amma's Movement in America" by Amanda J. Huffer "Negotiating Religious and National Identities in Contemporary Indonesian Islamic Education" by Florian Pohl "An Interview with Arjia Rinpoche" by Pamela D. Winfield