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APALA Author Interview: Duncan Ryūken Williams
APALA
(2019)
Abstract
Duncan Ryūken Williams is currently Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures and the Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. He has also been ordained since 1993 as a Buddhist priest in the Soto Zen tradition and served as the Buddhist chaplain at Harvard University from 1994-96. He is the author of The Other Side of Zen: A Social History of Soto Zen Buddhism in Tokugawa Japanand is the editor/co-editor of seven volumes, including Hapa Japan, Issei Buddhism in the Americas, American Buddhism, and Buddhism and Ecology. He has translated four books from Japanese into English including Putting Buddhism to Work: A New Theory of Economics and Business Management. His latest book is American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War.
Keywords
- Nonfiction,
- Japanese American Internment,
- Buddhism,
- Asian American Literature,
- Interview
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 29, 2019
Citation Information
Molly Higgins. "APALA Author Interview: Duncan Ryūken Williams" APALA (2019) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/molly_higgins/30/