Richard K. Payne is the Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies at the Institute of Buddhist Studies. He is founding Editor-in-Chief of Oxford Bibliographies: Buddhism. He also established the Pure Land Buddhist Studies Series, University of Hawai'i Press; the Contemporary Issues in Buddhist Studies Series, Institute of Buddhist Studies; and is Senior Editor for Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies.
Georgios T. Halkias is the Director of the Centre of Buddhist Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He has conducted research in inter-disciplinary projects with the University of Hong Kong, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, School of Oriental and African Studies, and the Warburg Institute. He is an Area Editor for Entangled Religions: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, and has most recently authored Luminous Bliss: a Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet (University of Hawai'i Press).