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- NEW BOOK> The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions (edited by Richard Bowring and James Baskind)
- RESOURCE> Indian Philosophy podcasts
NEW BOOK> The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions (edited by Richard Bowring and James Baskind)
Dear Colleagues,I would like to call your attention to the recently published The Myōtei Dialogues: A Japanese Christian Critique of Native Traditions (Brill, NUS Series 151, $135) edited by Richard Bowring (Professor emeritus, University of Cambridge) and myself, with additional contributions from John Breen (Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies) and Hans Martin Krämer (Professor, University of Heidelberg).
Myōtei Dialogues (1605) is the first complete English translation of one of the most important works of early Japanese Christianity. This work by Fukansai Habian presents a sharp critique of the three main Japanese traditions, Buddhism, Shinto and Confucianism, followed by an explanation of the main tenets of Christianity specifically aimed at a Japanese audience. The link to the book on the Brill website is http://www.brill.com/products/book/myotei-dialogues
James Baskind
(Associate Professor of Japanese Thought, Nagoya City University)
RESOURCE> Indian Philosophy podcasts
Dear Colleagues,
Some of you may be interested to know that the first four episodes on Indian Philosophy are now available from Peter Adamson's excellent podcast "The History of Philosophy Without any Gaps". Here is some more information on the series:
"Together with Jonardon Ganeri (Professor of Philosophy at NYU), Peter Adamson (Professor of Philosophy at LMU Munich) has launched a series within his History of Philosophy podcast, devoted to the philosophical tradition of India. The podcasts will cover the first thousand years of the history of Indian philosophy, beginning with Vedic literature (including the Upanisads) and ending with the Buddhist thinker Dignaga who died in 540 AD. This timespan will be divided into three ages: the early period of the Vedas and classical Hindu epics, and the emergence of critique from the Buddhists and Jainas; the Age of the Sutras, a period of increasing systematicity in which so-called "orthodox" Hindu schools of thought faced increasingly sophisticated challenges from skeptical and naturalist thinkers; and finally a period of Buddhist analysis and Jaina synthesis.
The RSS feed for these episodes: http://hopwag2.podbean.com/feed/
And on the podcast website: http://historyofphilosophy.net/india
So far several episodes are up, providing background to the whole series and beginning to look at the Upanisads."
Very best wishes
Jan Westerhoff
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JC Westerhoff
Lady Margaret Hall
University of Oxford
Norham Gardens
Oxford OX2 6QA
United Kingdom
jan.westerhoff@lmh.ox.ac.uk
