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JAMES L. FREDERICKS, Ph.D.Curriculum Vitae

January, 2016

ProfessorDepartment of Theological Studies

Loyola Marymount UniversityOne LMU Drive, Suite 3700

Los Angeles, California 90045-2656

(310) 338-2857 (office)James.Fredericks@lmu.edu

EDUCATION

1988 Ph.D. University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois1983 S.T.L. Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, California1976 M.A. St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, California1973 B.A. St. Joseph’s College, Mountain View, California

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1998-1999 Fulbright Senior Research Scholar, Japan1998-1999 Numata Research Fellow, Ryukoku University, Kyoto Japan.1992 - present Theology Dept., Loyola Marymount University1991 - 1992 Acting Academic Dean, St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, CA1988 - 1992 Systematics Dept., St. Patrick’s Seminary, Menlo Park, CA

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Interreligious Friendships After Nostra Aetate, James L Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier eds., (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015).

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Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to Solidarity (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2004).

Chinese edition: James L. 弗雷徳里克, 仏教徒与基督徒. 王志成, 北京：宗教文化出版社, 2008. (Wang Zhicheng, trans. Beijing: Religion and Culture Press, 2008).

Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and the Non-Christian Religions. Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 1999.

Winner of the Frederick J. Streng Book of the Year Award of the Society for Buddhist -Christian Studies, 2001.

Articles (Forthcoming as of January 2016)

1. “Reading Shinran with Gadamer: Reflections on the Reading of Sacred Texts in Buddhist Tradition,” forthcoming in, Shinran and the Sutra of Immeasurable Life「親鸞と《無量寿経》」, Dennis Hirota and David Matsumoto, eds.

2. Nostra Aetate and Pope Francis: the Next Fifty Years of Dialogue with Buddhists, forthcoming in Nostra Aetate at 50, (Washington D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2016).

3. “Renouncing the Political: Comparing Augustine’s City of God and the Asokavadana,” University of Paderborn and Eko Center for the Study of Buddhism, (2015). In English and in German

4. “A Vision of Comparative Theolog y – James L. Fredericks in Dialogue,” (Beijing, Minzu University Bulletin, 2015)

Articles (In Print)

“Survey of Catholic Social Teaching” in Claritas: Journal of Dialogue and Culture, (Purdue University Press), http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/claritas/vol4/iss2/26/

“Introduction,” in Interreligious Friendships After Nostra Aetate, James L Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier eds., (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015), pp. 1-7.

“Masao Abe: an Inter-religious Friendship,” reprinted in Interreligious Friendships After Nostra Aetate, James L Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier eds., (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015), pp. 155-165.

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“Confucianism and Catholic Social Teachings,” Japanese Mission Journal, 68:4 (Fall 2014), pp. 257-273.

“The Church of the Global South: Not What We Bargained For?” The Task of Theology: Leading Theologians on the Most Compelling Questions for Today, Anselm K. Min, ed., (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2014), pp. 85-91.

“Francis’s Interreligious Friendships: Soccer and Lunch, followed by Dialogue,” Commonweal Magazine

Print edition: 15 August, 2014, pp. 13-16.On line editi1-7on: 24 June, 2014.https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/franciss-interreligious-friendships

"Discourse and Disclosure: Gadamer, Levinas and the Theology of Revelation," in Revelation, Ingolf U. Dalferth and Michael Ch. Rodgers, eds. (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2014), pp. 109-140. “American Innocence: Niebuhr and the Ironies of History,” with a response by Andrew Becevich, Commonweal Magazine, Vol 141 No. 2, January 2014, pp. 14-19.

On line edition: (9 January, 2014) https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/american-innocence

Commentary on the article by Martin Marty, University of Chicago Divinity School Website, (Feb. 24, 2014)http://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/niebuhrian-irony-and-drones-%E2%80%94-martin-e-marty

“Buddhist-Christian Relations Today,” Hong Kong Journal of Catholic Studies No. 4, “Interreligious Dialogue” (Hong Kong: Chinese University of Hong Kong Center for Catholic Studies, December, 2013), pp. 102-134.

Chinese edition: 今日佛教與基督教的關係, 《天主教研究學報》第四期〈宗 教交談〉

“Pope Francis and the Catholic Church in the United States,” in Unto the Margins: Pope Francis and His Challenges, John Chathanatt S.J. ed., (New Delhi: Media House, 2013), pp. 114-126.

“The Art of Dying: Heaven, Hell and Dying Well – Images of Death in the Middle Ages,” in Commonweal Magazine July 12 2012. http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/art-dying

“Off the Map: Roman Catholicism and the Dialogue with Buddhism” in Catholicism and the Other World Religions (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011).

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“The Finnish Luther: Reflections from a Buddhist Perspective,” in Dialogue: a Journal of Theology, Vol. 50, No. 3, (Fall 2011), pp. 231-241.Journal web-site: http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0012-2033

“Primordial Vow: Reflections on the Trinity in Light of Buddhism” in The Cambridge Companion to the Trinity, Peter Phan, ed., (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2011), pp. 325-343. “View Finders: The Getty’s ‘In Search of Biblical Lands,’” in Commonweal May 6, 2011, pp. 23-25.

“Gandhi, Civil Society and Social Capital,” in World of Philosophy: A Harmony, Christopher K. Chapple ed., (New Delhi: Shanti Prakashan Press, 2011), pp. 79-96.

“At the Limits: Raimundo Panikkar’s Long Theological Journey,” in Commonweal November 19, 2010, pp. 7-8.

“Introduction,” in The New Comparative Theology: Interreligous Insights from the Next Generation, Francis X. Clooney, ed. (New York: Continuum, 2010), pp. 4-13 (2010).

“Continuing the Conversation: Courageous Witness? Two Views of Interreligious Dialogue,” Robert Imbelli co-author, Commonweal March 12, 2010, pp. 7-8.

“No Easy Answers: The Challenge of Interreligious Dialogue,” in Commonweal 15 Jan, 2010, pp. 10-13.

"Das Selbst vergessen: Buddhistische Reflexionen zur Trinität," in Komparative Theologie: Interreligiöse Vergleiche als Weg der Religionstheologie, Reinhold Bernhardt and Klaus von Stosch (ed.), (Zürich: Theologischer Verlag, 2010), pp. 203-223.

善いサマリア人の例え話：キリスト教の道徳と仏教のための含蓄 (The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Deconstructing Christian Morality and its Implications for Buddhists), in仏教大学浄土研究　(Buddhism and Christianity: American and Japanese Moralities). (Kyoto: Bukkyo University Press, 2009), pp. 13-26.

“Solidarity with the Religious Other: A Reflection on Buddhist-Christian Dialogue,” in New Theology Review Vol. 22, No. 2 (May, 2009), pp. 5-14.

“Preface to the Chinese edition” of Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to Solidarity, 2008. (In Chinese). Translated by Wang Zhicheng.

“Masao Abe: A Bodhisattva’s Vow,” Buddhist-Christian Studies, 28, 2008, p. 115-117.

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“Dialogue and Solidarity in a Time of Globalization,” in Journal of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies 27 (2007), pp. 51-66.

“Dialogue and Solidarity: Reading Nostra Aetate After Forty Years,” in Pro Dialogo (2006), pp. 89-97.

“The Buddhist Community as Social Capital: American Buddhism’s Contribution to Social Well-Being.” Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism, Vol. V (2004), pp. 92-99.

“Buddhism and Human Rights: The Recent Buddhist Discussion and Its Implications for Christianity,” in Human Rights and Responsibilities in World Religions edited by Joseph Runzo, Nancy M. Martin and Arvind Sharma, (Oneworld Publications Ltd., 2003).

“Abe Masao: A Friendship.” Spiritus 3 (2003), pp. 237-248.

Reprinted in The Best American Spiritual Writing of 2004 Philip Zaleveski ed. (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004), pp. 58-69.

Reprinted in Interreligious Friendships After Nostra Aetate, James L Fredericks and Tracy Sayuki Tiemeier eds., (New York: Palgrave-Macmillan, 2015), pp

“The Catholic Church and the Other Religious Paths: Rejecting Nothing that is True and Holy.” Theological Studies, 64 (2003), pp. 225-254.

Japanese translation: カトリク教会と多主教：現実で尊いものを何も排斥しないー神学ダイジェスト, Vol. 98 (2005), pp. 36-60. Mori Kokushi, translator.

“Buddhist Christian Dialogue.” Chicago Studies 41:2 (Fall, 2002), pp. 183-191.

“Theological Pluralism as Repressive Tolerance.” Jeevadhara: A Journal of Christian Interpretation Vol. XXXI No. 183 (2001), pp. 134-137.

“Buddhismus als Herausforderung und Gelegenheit, ein Antwort, die sich auf christliche Spiritualitat grundet.”in Meister Hsin Tao, Weisheit und Barmherzigkeit, Maria Habito ed., Adyar Verlag, Berlin, 2001.

“Practicing with Anger: Reflections for Buddhists and Christians.” Hsi Lai Journal of Humanistic Buddhism Vol. 2 (2001), pp. 39-45.

"Masao Abe and Karl Rahner: Traces of Monism and Dualism," Masao Abe: His Life of Dialogue. Donald Mitchell ed., Rutledge VT: Tuttle, 1998, pp. 242-247.

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"Jodo Shinshu’s Mission to History: A Christian Challenge to Shin Buddhist Social Ethics." Engaged Pure Land Buddhism. Kenneth Tanaka and Eisho Nasu eds., Berkeley: Wisdom Ocean Publications, 1998, pp. 48-66.

"Inter-religious Friendship: A New Theological Virtue." Journal of Ecumenical Studies 35:2 (Spring 1998), pp. 159-174.

"The Cross and the Begging Bowl: Deconstructing the Cosmology of Violence." Buddhist-Christian Studies 18 (1998), pp. 155-167.

"The Desire for God and the Great Compassion." The Pure Land, Journal of the International Association for Shin Buddhist Studies12 (1995), pp. 171-187.

"The Incomprehensibility of God: A Buddhist Reading of Aquinas." Theological Studies 56:3 (Fall, 1995), pp. 506-520.

"A Universal Religious Experience?" Horizons, Journal of the College Theology Society 22:1 (Spring 1995), pp. 67-87.

"The Far Side of Nothingness." The Eastern Buddhist 27: 2, (Autumn 1994), pp. 130-139.

"Philosophy as Metanoetics: An Analysis." The Religious Philosophy of Tanabe Hajime, Taitetsu Unno and James Heisig eds. (Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1990), pp. 43-71.

"The Metanoetics of Inter-Religious Encounter." The Religious Philosophy of Tanabe Hajime, Taitetsu Unno and James Heisig eds.(Berkeley: Asian Humanities Press, 1990), pp. 163-178.

"The Metanoetics of Inter-Religious Encounter.” Inter-Religio 16 (Fall 1989), pp. 40-54.

"Cosmology and Metanoia: A Buddhist Path to Process Thought for the West." The Eastern Buddhist 22:1 (Spring 1989), pp. 111-127.

"The Kyoto School: Modern Buddhist Philosophy and the Search for a Transcultural Theology.” Horizons Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, (Fall 1988) pp. 299-315.

Translations (Japanese to English)

“Toward the Establishment of a Cosmology of Awakening,” by Masao Abe. Published in Zen and Modern Thought: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought, Steven Heine ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2003), pp. 127-156. A translation of 自覚的宇宙論確立のために

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"The Problem of 'Inverse Correspondence' in the Philosophy of Nishida: Comparing Nishida and Tanabe, " by Masao Abe. International Philosophical Quarterly 39:1 (March, 1999), pp. 59-76. (With translator’s introduction). Also anthologized in Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought , Steven Heine ed. (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2003), pp.98-118. A translation of 西田哲学における「逆対応」の問題

"The Problem of 'Inverse Correspondence' in the Philosophy of Nishida: Toward a Critical Understanding,” by Masao Abe. International Philosophical Quarterly 35: 4, (December 1995), 419-436. (With translator’s introduction). A translation of 西田哲学における「逆対応」の問題：批判的な理解のために

"Pure Experience, Self-Awareness, 'Basho,'" by Shizuteru Ueda. Etudes Phénoménologiques18 (1993) pp. 63-86. (With Jan van Bragt). A translation of 純粋経験・自覚・「場所」

"'Inverse Correspondence' in the Philosophy of Nishida," by Masao Abe. International Philosophical Quarterly 32:3 (September, 1992), pp. 325-344. A translation of 西田哲学における「逆対応」の問題

LECTURESThe Reading that is Hearing: Shinran, Gadamer and the Muryokukyo. A lecture given at the Institute for Buddhist Studies, Berkeley CA, 6 August, 2015.

“Laudato Si and its Buddhist Readers: the Background in Catholic Social Teachings,” Centro Mariapolis, Castel Gandolfo, Italy, 26 June, 2015 – A Presentation on Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment given to the first Buddhist-Christian Dialogue of Fraternity sponsored by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.

“Interreligious Prayer.” An address given at St. Francis Xavier Japanese Catholic Center, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA, 23 February 2015

“Inter-Religious Friendships with Buddhists – a Reflection on Christian Spiritual Practice.” An address given at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 11 January, 2015.

“An Ecumenical Theology of Inter-Religious Dialogue.” An address given at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, Brentwood CA, 7 December, 2014.

“Pope Francis and Inter-religious Dialogue.” A series of presentations given at St. Leo’s Parish, Sonoma CA.

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Part one: “An Inter-Religious Friendship.” 8 July, 2014.Part two: “Catholic Relations with Jews and Muslims: the Agenda.” 15 July, 2014.

“Suffering, Renunciation, Compassion.” An address given to the annual symposium of the Los Angeles Hindu-Catholic Dialogue, Loyola Marymount University, 24 May, 2014.

“God, the Soul and the Dynamics of Metanoia.” A keynote address given to the annual symposium of the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue, Loyola Marymount University, 8 March, 2014.

“Renouncing the Political: The City of God and the Asokavadana,” A paper presented at Ekō Haus der Japanishen Kultur, Dusseldorf, Germany, 30 August, 2013. Joseph O’Leary, Sophia University, Tokyo, responding.

“Bush, Obama and the Ironies of the War on Terror,” Brasenose College, Oxford University, 15 August, 2013. “Nostra Aetate as Point of Departure for John Paul II,” University of San Francisco, 5 June, 2013.

“Catholic Social Teachings, Confucianism and the Future of China,” Peking University, 10 October, 2012, Beijing, People’s Republic of China. “Catholic Social Teachings, Confucianism and the Future of China,” Bejing Normal University, 9 October, 2012, Beijing.

“Reading Buddhist Texts with Gadamer and Levinas: the Case of Shinran Shonin,” Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, 26 June, 2012.

“Double Belonging: Reflections on the Hermeneutics of Religious Texts,” Ryukoku University, Kyoto Japan, 23 June, 2012.

“The Finnish Luther: a Rhetorical Analysis Based in Shinran’s Thought,” Ryukoku Center for Buddhism and Culture, Ryukoku University, Kyoto Japan, May 19th, 2011.

“Discipleship and Daily Spiritual Practices in Catholicism,” Bay Area Chan/Zen-Catholic Dialogue, Ukaiah California, 28 January, 2011

“Civil War in Sri Lanka: The Legend of Emperor Asoka and the Reality of Buddhist Nationalism.” University of Southern California, Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies, 27 Oct., 2009.

“The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Morality and Metanoia in Buddhism and Christianity.” Bukkyo University Los Angeles Campus, 14 March, 2009.

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“Persona Originalis: Reflections on the Holy Trinity in Light of Dialogue with Zen Buddhism.” University of Basel, Switzerland, 1 November, 2008.

“Hostility and Hospitality: Interreligious Dialogue in the 21th Century.” Cheng-chih University, Taipei, Republic of China, June, 2008

“Primordial Vow: Revisiting the Divine Perichoresis in Light of the Buddhist Doctrine of the Three Bodies.” Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, June, 2008.

“Hostility and Hospitality: Religious Virtues and Vices in the Twenty-First Century.” Convivencia Conference, Loyola Marymount University, April, 2008 “Masao Abe: A Tribute.” Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, November, 2007

“Rights and Responsibilities: Confucianism as an Option for a Globalizing China.” An lecture given at the Conference on Xu Guang-xi, Shanghai, China, 7 November, 2007.

“Off the Map: The Catholic Church’s Modern Dialogue with Buddhism.” Center for Advanced Catholic Studies, University of Southern California, 11 October, 2007.

“Comparative Theology and Post-Modern Hermeneutics: An Uneasy Alliance.” Claremont Graduate School, 15 November, 2006.

“Satanic Cartoons: Western Rights and Confucian Responsibilities in a Post-Colonial World.” The Law School, City University of Hong Kong, 16 March, 2006.

“A Dialogue of Civilizations: Theology and Solidarity in China Today.” Chinese University of Hong Kong, 7 March, 2006.

“Finding Peace in Troubled Times: Inter-Religious Friendships as Practical Spirituality.” An address given at Graymoor Center, Peekskil, NY, 12 February, 2006.

“Hakuin Zenji and Martin Luther King: Two Perspectives on Anger.” An address given at Graymoor Center, Peekskill NY, 12 February, 2006.

“Dialogue and Solidarity: Reading Nostra Aetate in Los Angeles.” Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles), 12 November, 2005.

“Reading Nostra Aetate After Forty Years – The Impact of Our Dialogue With Buddhism.” Rome (Italy). A plenary address given at the Pontifical Gregorian University, 27 September, 2005.

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“Globalization – What We Know and What We Don’t.” Convent Station (New Jersey), Sisters of Charity Plenary Meeting, 23 September, 2005.

“The Meaning of Our Differences – Nostra Aetate in the Context of Globalization.” Vienna, Austria. Third Official Consultation of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, 11 September, 2005.

“Comparative Theology as Contextual Theology.” Vidyajoti School of Theology, New Delhi, India. 28 July, 2005.

“Loneliness and the Communion of the Saints – Two Religious Goals in Dialogue.” Ladnun, Rajastan (India). Jain Vishva Bharati Institute, 8 July, 2005

“Dialogue, Religious Diversity and Community Solidarity in Los Angeles.” Keynote address for the International Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple, Hacienda Heights, CA, 7 June, 2005.

“Anger in Buddhism and Christianity: An Exercise in Inter-Cultural Hermeneutics.” Tsing-hua University, Beijing, China, March, 2005.

“The Christian Practice of Buddhist Meditation: Outside the Path?” San Francisco Zen Center, 25 January, 2005.

“Theoretical Foundations for a Dialogue in Depth Between Civilizations.” Address given at the Iranian Institute for Philosophy, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, 28 April, 2004.

“The Dialogue of Civilizations: Inter-Religious Friendship as a Form of Resistance.” Address given to the Mohatari Conference, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran, April 27, 2004.

“The Buddhist Sangha as a Community of Character.” Keynote address for the Fifth International Conference on Humanistic Buddhism, Hsi Lai University, Rosemead, CA., January 14, 2004

“The Command to Love: Christian and Buddhist Practice in Dialogue.” First Northern California Zen/Chan-Roman Catholic Consultation, City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, Talmage, CA, 20 March, 2003

“Zen Archery: Buddhist Emptiness and Christian Meditation.” Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 26 Jan, 2002.

“Religious Nationalism as an alternative to Western Secular Society,” for the Program in International Media Management, Loyola Marymount University. November, 2001.

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“From Exclusivism to Comparative Theology: Reflections on Barth and Shinran.” Conference on Pure Land Buddhism in Dialogue with Christian Theology, Loyola Marymount University, September, 2001.

“Interreligious Dialogue as a Resource for Ecumenical Dialogue.” National Workshop on Christian Unity, San Diego, May, 2001.

“The Effort on the Part of Organized Religious Groups to Forgive Third World Debt.” Conference on War and Peace in the World Religions, 23 April, 2001.

Keynote Address: “Practicing With Anger: A Powerful Human Emotion in Buddhist and Christian Perspective.” Hsi Lai University, Los Angeles, 18 December, 2000.

“Anger as Skillful Means: Christian and Buddhist Strategies for Non-Violence.” Meeting of the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue Group, Loyola Marymount University, November, 2000.

“Schoenberg’s Atonalism: Dealing with the Devil or Awakening to Buddhist Nothingness?” Syn-Think Conference, Loyola Marymount University, November, 2000.

“Modeling Diversity and Commitment: The Pedagogical Use of an Inter-Religious Dialogue Group in a Los Angeles Classroom.” Conference on the Teaching of Asian Religions, California State University, Long Beach, October, 2000.

“The Dialogue of Life: Friendships Between Buddhists and Christians.” Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, Tacoma WA, August, 2000.

“Mary and Mahamaya: The Sacred Feminine in Christianity and Buddhism.” Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, Tacoma WA, August, 2000.

“The Face of the Other: Levinas, Rosensweig and Inter-Religious Friendship.” Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, Tacoma WA, August, 2000.

“Fides et Ratio: John Paul II and Comparative Theology.” Catholic Theology Society of America, San Jose, June, 2000.

“Shinjin in a World of Faiths: Pure Land Buddhism and Comparative Theology.” International Conference on Pure Land Buddhism and Christianity, Chikushi Joshigakuen, Dazaifu, Japan, June, 2000.

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“After Om Shinri-kyo: A Plea to Christians and Buddhists in Japan. International Conference on Pure Land Buddhism and Christianity, Chikushi Joshigakuen, Dazaifu, Japan, June, 2000.

“The Method of Correlation: Buddhist Theology as a form of Buddhist Practice.” International Conference on Pure Land Buddhism and Christianity, Chikushi Joshigakuen, Dazaifu, Japan, June, 2000.

“Buddhist ‘Theology’ in the West.” Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, May, 2000.

“Mateo Ricci Study of the Confucian Classics: Christian Theology in Dialogue with Chinese Civilization”. Shangdong University, Jinan, China, March 2000.

“Theravada Buddhism and Human Rights: Two Thai Perspectives.” Loyola Marymount University, Ethics and Religion for a Global 21st Century Conference, 25 March, 2000.

“Honen Nembutsu Samadhi: The Protestant Model of Pure Land Buddhism and the Future of Pure Land Buddhist Studies”. Bukkyo University, Los Angeles Campus, October, 1999.

The Numata Lecture, Ryukoku University, Kyoto Japan, June, 1999

Doing Theology Comparatively: An Invitation to Pure Land Buddhists

Lecture Series: Center for Buddhism and Culture, Ryukoku University, 1998-1999

(1) From Monologue to Dialogue: Roman Catholic Thought in the Twentieth Century and its Implications for Buddhism

(2) Pure Lands and Promised Lands: Christian Eschatology and Buddhism(3) Pure Land Buddhism and Zen: Eschatologies of Awakening and Faith(4) The Resurrection of the Body: A Christian Doctrine and its Implications

for Buddhist Practice(5) Resurrection and Rebirth: The Nature of Faith and Shinjin in Christianity

and Buddhism(6) The Name of God: A Hebrew Bible Text in the Light of the Pure Land

Tradition in Buddhism(7) The Name and the Vow: the Dynamic Character of Buddhism and

Christianity

"Communities of Character: The Lotus Sutra and Social Concern." A lecture given at the Bandai-san Rishô Koseikai Center, Fukushima-ken, Japan, July, 1998

"Inter-religious Friendships as a Religious Virtue: Implications for Buddhist and Christian Theologies." University of San Francisco, Center for the Pacific Rim, May, 1998.

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"The Word Incarnate and the Word Recited: Christianity's Sacramental Imagination and Qur'anic revelation." Islamic Center of Southern California, April, 1998.

"Major Issues in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue." A lecture series given at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, July, 1997. (With Kenneth Tanaka Ph.D.).

(1) “Agape and Karuna: The Religious Character of Christian and Buddhist Ethics”(2) “I Seem to Be a Verb: Conceptions of the True Self in Buddhism and Christianity”(3) “The Ethical Import of Creation Ex Nihilo and Dependent Origination”

"The Wider Communion: Interreligious Friendship as a New Theological Virtue." Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Minneapolis MN, 8 June 1997.

"Bede Griffiths: A Study in Interreligious Friendships." The Society for Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo MI, 12 May 1997.

"Hope in Buddhism and Christianity: Religious Experience or Defilement?" Chapman University, 15 April, 1997.

"The Cross and the Begging Bowl: Deconstructing the Cosmology of Violence." The Fifth International Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, De Paul University, 30 July, 1996.

"The Holy Spirit as Dunamis in Christian Thought." Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, San Diego, 8 June, 1996.

"Jesus and the Historical Buddha as Social Critics." University of California, Los Angeles, 20 May, 1996.

"Dante, Mohammad and the Just Society." Annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America, New York City, 9 June, 1995.

"Nagarjuna and Aquinas: an Exercise in Comparative Theology." University of California, Los Angeles, 3 February, 1995.

“Theology and the Study of Religions: A Team-Teaching Perspective.” The Boston Colloquium on Theology and Religious Studies, Boston College and Harvard University, October, 1993.

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“The Desire for God and the Great Compassion: Reflections on Bernard of Clairvaux and Shinran Shonin.” Otani University, Kyoto, Japan, August, 1993.

“Religious Experience on Trial: Liberalism, Post-Liberalism and Comparative Theology.” East Meets West Conference, California State University, Long Beach, April, 1993.

“A Monk Does Not Bow Before A King - Jôdoshinshû and Buddhist Social Ethics.” Fourth International Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, Boston University, August, 1992.

“Shattering the Cedars of Lebanon: The Prophetic Word and the Rhetoric of Mystical Totality.” A paper delivered at the Fourth International Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference, Boston University, August, 1992.

"Religious Experience, Foundationalism and Comparative Theology," Catholic Theological Society of America, Pittsburgh, June, 1992.

“The Meaning of Self-Transcendence in Nagarjuna and Aquinas: A Meeting Place for Inter-Religious Dialogue?” Claremont School of Theology, March 1989.

"The Metanoetics of Inter-Religious Encounter," International Conference on Metanoetics, Smith College, October 1989.

"Cosmology and Metanoia: a Buddhist Path to Process Thought for the West," American Academy of Religion, Chicago, November 1988.

"Dynamic Sunyata and the Kenotic God," International Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Conference , Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, August 1987.

ADULT EDUCATION – lots.

CONFERENCES AND EVENTS

2005 (June) Conference Director, Seventh International Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies

2001 (Fall) Conference on Pure Land Buddhism in Dialogue with Christian Theology2001 (Spring) Organizer: Tibet Week at LMU1997 (Fall) Casassa Lecture, Violence Unveiled (with Rene Girard)1995-1998 CTSA: Comparative Theology group

The Theological Significance of IslamHindu Practice and the Theology of the Holy SpiritIs the Theology of Religions Obsolete? Interreligious Friendships: A New Theological Virtue

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GRANTS AND HONORS

2015 Consultant to the Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue for the 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate

2007-2011 Various grants from Ling Jiou Shan Monastery (Taiwan) for research and consultation in Iran, Taiwan and China

2006 Recognition in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers2005 Fellow, Jain Studies Program, New Delhi, India2002 Permanent member, Theta Alpha Kappa2001 The Frederick J. Streng Book of the Year Award of the Society for

Buddhist-Christian Studies1998-1999 Fulbright Senior Research Sholar to Japan1998-1999 Numata Buddhist Studies Fellow, Ryukoku University, Kyoto1996-1997 Casassa Chair in Social Values, Loyola Marymount University

UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

2015 – Theology Department Core Curriculum Committee2011 – 2014 Oversight Committee, Department of Theological Studies2010 – 2014 Board of Advisors, Huffington Ecumenical Institute2006 – Board of Directors, Marymount Institute for Faith, Culture and the

Arts2008 – 2010 University Internationalization Advisory Committee2006 University Intercultural Faculty Committee2004 - 2009 Member of the Board of Directors, Society for Buddhist-Christian

Studies2002 - 2003 Treasurer, Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies2002 – 2003 Chair, Frederick J. Streng Book Award Panel, Society for Buddhist-

Christian Studies2001- 2002 Director, Bellarmine Forum II: Globalization and Ethics2001 Research and Publications Committee, Catholic Theological Society of

America2001 Curriculum Committee, Department of Theological Studies, LMU2000 - 2005 Book Review Editor, Religious Studies Review2000 Faculty Advisor, LMU Students for a Free Tibet2000 Faculty Advisor, LMU Kyodai (Japanese student group)2000- 2001 Advisory Board, Marymount Chair1999 Advisory Board, Global Ethics and Religion Forum1996 - 2000 Advisory Board, Loyola Marymount University Honors Program1994 - 1995 Loyola Marymount University Faculty Senate1994 - 1995 Loyola Marymount University Social Justice Committee1994 - 2000 Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Theological Studies

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1993 - 1996 Loyola Marymount University Library Committee1993 - 1995 Loyola Marymount University, Computer Advisory Committee1993 - 1994 Loyola Marymount University, Fulbright Scholarship Review Committee1992 - Archdiocese of Los Angeles, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue Group1989 - 1992 Archdiocese of San Francisco, Ecumenical Commission 1980 - 1981 Member, Board of Directors, Catholic Youth Organization, Hawaii

Biography

James Fredericks, Ph.D. is a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a faculty member in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is also a specialist in inter-religious dialogue, especially the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity, and has lectured internationally in Japan, China, India, Iran, and Europe. He was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in Kyoto, Japan, and has held the Numata Chair in Buddhism and Culture at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. For many years, he has participated in the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue Group and the San Francisco Bay Area Zen-Catholic Dialogue Group. In addition to many articles, he is the author of Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and the Non-Christian Religions (Paulist Press) and Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to a New Solidarity (Orbis Books). He is the co-editor of Interreligious Friendships After Nostra Aetate (Palgrave-MacMillan 2015). His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, German, and Spanish.

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