Steven Trenson. Embodying Enlightenment as Mother and Consort: Female Symbolism in Medieval Japanese Buddhist Visions of Kingship. Japanese Religions. 2024. 46. 1. 35-64
Steven Trenson. The Black Jewel of Shingon Tradition: A Historical Examination of Its Emergence, Characteristics, and Associated Rituals. The Eastern Buddhist. Third series. 2023. 3. 1. 27-66
Steven Trenson. Buddhism and Martial Arts in Premodern Japan: New Observations from a Religious Historical Perspective. Religions. 2022. 13. 440. 1-23
Steven Trenson. Review of: Gaétan Rappo, Rhétoriques de l’hérésie dans le Japon médiéval et moderne: Le moine Monkan (1278-1357) et sa réputation posthume. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 2020. 47. 1. 177-182
Steven Trenson. Rice, Relics, and Jewels: The Network and Agency of Rice Grains in Medieval Japanese Esoteric Buddhism. Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 2018. 45. 2. 269-307
Divine Mothers and Consorts: A New Perspective on Royal Consecration Rituals in the Shingon Esoteric Buddhist Tradition of Daigoji
(EAJS 2023 Conference. August 17-20, 2023. Ghent University, Belgium. 2023)
The Dragon and the Kami: Exploring the Connections Between the Esoteric Buddhist Tradition of Daigoji and Medieval Shinto
(XIXth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies (IABS). August 15-19, 2022. Seoul National University, South Korea. 2022)
The Divine Mother and Consort: A New Perspective on Medieval Japanese Esoteric Buddhist Visions of Sacred Kingship
(International Symposium "Objects, Texts, and Rituals: Multi-Disciplinary Approaches to the Transmission of Esoteric Buddhism," November 18-19, 2021, National Chengchi University, Taiwan (Online) 2021)
The Dragon and the Emperor: Rainmaking and Divine Kingship in Medieval Japanese Esoteric Buddhism
(AAS 2021 Virtual Annual Conference, March 21-26, 2021 2021)