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'''Kenneth Ken'ichi Tanaka''' (born 1947), also known as '''Kenshin Tanaka''' or '''Ken'ichi Tanaka''' is a scholar, author, translator and ordained [[Jōdo Shinshū]] priest. |
'''Kenneth Ken'ichi Tanaka''' (born 1947), also known as '''Kenshin Tanaka''' or '''Ken'ichi Tanaka''' is a scholar, author, translator and ordained [[Jōdo Shinshū]] priest. |
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He is author and editor of many articles and books on modern [[Buddhism]]. |
He is author and editor of many articles and books on modern [[Buddhism]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Tanaka was born in 1947 in [[Japan]] but grew up in [[Mountain View, California]].<ref>{{cite web |
Tanaka was born in 1947 in [[Japan]] but grew up in [[Mountain View, California]].<ref>{{cite web|title=750th Shinran Shonin Memorial planning update; Rev. Tanaka accepts keynote speaker invitation |author=Ralh Honda |year=2009 |url=http://www.ingassho.com/wod/assets/750th%20Memorial%20-%20February%202009%20WOD.pdf |accessdate=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729114647/http://www.ingassho.com/wod/assets/750th%20Memorial%20-%20February%202009%20WOD.pdf |archivedate=July 29, 2010 }}</ref> |
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He received his B.A in Anthropology from [[Stanford University]] in 1970. He then received his masters in Philosophy and Indian Studies and his Ph.D. through the Graduate School of Humanities Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url= |
He received his B.A in Anthropology from [[Stanford University]] in 1970. He then received his masters in Philosophy and Indian Studies and his Ph.D. through the Graduate School of Humanities Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/bukken/kenkyuin02.html&ei=qBXfS_bcNIzeNfbVpeIH&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ7gEwAA&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.musashino-u.ac.jp/bukken/kenkyuin02.html |title= Kenneth K. Tanaka |work= Musashino University Institute for Buddhist Culture faculty web site |accessdate= June 20, 2010 }} (translation from Japanese)</ref> |
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In 1991 Tanaka was appointed the Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor at the [[Institute of Buddhist Studies]], an affiliate of the [[Graduate Theological Union]] at [[Berkeley, California]]. He was president of the Buddhist Council of Northern California and served as editor of ''Pacific World: The Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Ocean: |
In 1991 Tanaka was appointed the Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor at the [[Institute of Buddhist Studies]], an affiliate of the [[Graduate Theological Union]] at [[Berkeley, California]]. He was president of the Buddhist Council of Northern California and served as editor of ''Pacific World: The Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies''.<ref>{{cite web |title= Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America |author= Kenneth Kenich Tanaka |url= http://www.yamadera.info/ocean/ocean-index.htm |accessdate= June 20, 2010 }} (online version of 1997 book)</ref> |
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In 1995 he became the pastor of the Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church. |
In 1995 he became the pastor of the Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church. |
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Tanaka is the author of numerous articles and books on the subject of [[Buddhism]]. He was interviewed as part of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] report ''Tensions in American Buddhism'' in 2001<ref>{{cite web |title=Tensions in American Buddhism |
Tanaka is the author of numerous articles and books on the subject of [[Buddhism]]. He was interviewed as part of the [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] report ''Tensions in American Buddhism'' in 2001<ref>{{cite web |title= Tensions in American Buddhism |url= https://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week445/cover.html |date= July 6, 2001 |work= Religion and Ethics |accessdate= June 20, 2010 |archive-date= March 10, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130310153736/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week445/cover.html |url-status= dead }} Episode number 445</ref> and [[Talk of the Nation]] program of [[National Public Radio]]. |
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In 1998 he became professor of [[Buddhist Studies]] at [[Musashino University]] in [[Tokyo, Japan]]. He produced and appeared in a television series sponsored by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai foundation that aired in 2005, with DVDs later distributed.<ref>{{cite web |work= Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley web site |url= http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/people/alumni_profiles.html |title= Alumni Profiles |accessdate= June 20, 2010 }}</ref> |
In 1998 he became professor of [[Buddhist Studies]] at [[Musashino University]] in [[Tokyo, Japan]]. He produced and appeared in a television series sponsored by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai foundation that aired in 2005, with DVDs later distributed.<ref>{{cite web |work= Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley web site |url= http://buddhiststudies.berkeley.edu/people/alumni_profiles.html |title= Alumni Profiles |accessdate= June 20, 2010 }}</ref> |
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He gave the keynote address at the 750th memorial observance of [[Shinran]] in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web |
He gave the keynote address at the 750th memorial observance of [[Shinran]] in February 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rev. Dr. Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka Keynote |work=Shinran Shonin 750th memorial observance |date=February 27, 2010 |url=http://www.ingassho.com/page21/page21.html |publisher=Buddhist Churches of America |accessdate=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725033251/http://www.ingassho.com/page21/page21.html |archivedate=July 25, 2010 }}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
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* {{cite book |title= The dawn of Chinese pure land Buddhist doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan's Commentary on the Visualization sutra |publisher= [[State University of New York Press]] |year= 1990 |isbn= 978-0-7914-0297-9 |url= |
* {{cite book |title= The dawn of Chinese pure land Buddhist doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan's Commentary on the Visualization sutra |publisher= [[State University of New York Press]] |year= 1990 |isbn= 978-0-7914-0297-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jhKVXrkVlZsC }} SUNY series in Buddhist studies |
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* {{cite book |title= The Faces of Buddhism in America |publisher= [[University of California Press]] |year= 1998 |editor= with Charles S. Prebish |isbn= 978-0-520-21301-2 |url= |
* {{cite book |title= The Faces of Buddhism in America |publisher= [[University of California Press]] |year= 1998 |editor= with Charles S. Prebish |isbn= 978-0-520-21301-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=5h8AokRoGjYC }} |
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* {{cite book |title= Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America |year= 1997 |publisher= WisdomOcean Publications |isbn= 978-0-9658062-0-6 |url= |
* {{cite book |title= Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America |year= 1997 |publisher= WisdomOcean Publications |isbn= 978-0-9658062-0-6 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=UPJwAAAAMAAJ }} |
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* {{cite book |editor= with Eisho Nasu |title= Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The challenges of Jōdo-Shinshū in the contemporary world |publisher= WisdomOcean Publications |year= 1998 |isbn= 978-0-9658062-1-3 |url= |
* {{cite book |editor= with Eisho Nasu |title= Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The challenges of Jōdo-Shinshū in the contemporary world |publisher= WisdomOcean Publications |year= 1998 |isbn= 978-0-9658062-1-3 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=0cqfAAAAMAAJ }} |
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* {{cite book |title= Living in |
* {{cite book |title= Living in Amida's Universal Vow: essays in Shin Buddhism |editor= Alfred Bloom |editor-link= Alfred Bloom (Buddhist) |publisher= [[World Wisdom]] |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-941532-54-9 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KCYMqPcW4M8C&pg=PA197 }} Preface: "Responsibility" and Chapter 17: "Ethics in American Jōdo-Shinshū: Trans Ethical Responsibility" |
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* {{cite book |editor= with Richard Karl Payne |title= Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha |publisher= [[University of Hawaii Press]] |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-8248-2578-2 }} Volume 17 of ''Studies in East Asian Buddhism'' |
* {{cite book |editor= with Richard Karl Payne |title= Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha |publisher= [[University of Hawaii Press]] |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-0-8248-2578-2 }} Volume 17 of ''Studies in East Asian Buddhism'' |
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* {{cite book |title= Pure land Buddhism: historical development and contemporary manifestation |publisher= Dharmaram Publications |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-81-86861-72-1 |
* {{cite book |title= Pure land Buddhism: historical development and contemporary manifestation |publisher= Dharmaram Publications |year= 2004 |isbn= 978-81-86861-72-1 }} Issue 8 of Faculty of philosophy, Dharma Endowment Lectures |
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* {{cite news |title= Faith in Wŏnhyo's Commentary on the Sutra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life: The Elevated Role of Faith over Contemplation and Its Implication for the Contribution of Korean Buddhism to the Development of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism |work= Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies |date= Fall 2004 |volume= Third Series |number= 6 |pages= 45–56 |url= http://www.shin-ibs.edu/documents/pwj3-6/05Tanaka36.pdf }} |
* {{cite news |title= Faith in Wŏnhyo's Commentary on the Sutra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life: The Elevated Role of Faith over Contemplation and Its Implication for the Contribution of Korean Buddhism to the Development of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism |work= Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies |date= Fall 2004 |volume= Third Series |number= 6 |pages= 45–56 |url= http://www.shin-ibs.edu/documents/pwj3-6/05Tanaka36.pdf }} |
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*''The Eastern Buddhist New Series Vol. XXXVII'' (The Eastern Buddhist Society, 2005) |
*''The Eastern Buddhist New Series Vol. XXXVII'' (The Eastern Buddhist Society, 2005) |
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* {{cite book |editor= with Richard Karl Payne |title= Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha |publisher= Motilal Banarsidass |date= January 30, 2008 |isbn= 978-81-208-3194-0 }} Volume 58 of Buddhist traditions |
* {{cite book |editor= with Richard Karl Payne |title= Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha |publisher= Motilal Banarsidass |date= January 30, 2008 |isbn= 978-81-208-3194-0 }} Volume 58 of Buddhist traditions |
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* {{cite journal |title= Review of Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path by Dennis Hirota | |
* {{cite journal |title= Review of Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path by Dennis Hirota |journal= Buddhist-Christian Studies |year= 2008 |publisher= [[University of Hawaii Press]] |pages= 182–187 |volume= 28 |doi= 10.1353/bcs.0.0020 |issn= 1527-9472 |last1= Tanaka |first1= Kenneth K. |s2cid= 170927203 }} |
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==References== |
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*[http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2000/01/American-Buddhisms-Racial-Divide.aspx American Buddhism's Racial Divide] |
*[http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/2000/01/American-Buddhisms-Racial-Divide.aspx American Buddhism's Racial Divide] |
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*[http://kenneth-tanaka.life.coocan.jp/index.html Kenneth Tanaka's Professional Website] |
*[http://kenneth-tanaka.life.coocan.jp/index.html Kenneth Tanaka's Professional Website] |
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 22 August 2024
Kenneth Ken'ichi Tanaka (born 1947), also known as Kenshin Tanaka or Ken'ichi Tanaka is a scholar, author, translator and ordained Jōdo Shinshū priest. He is author and editor of many articles and books on modern Buddhism.
Biography
[edit]Tanaka was born in 1947 in Japan but grew up in Mountain View, California.[1] He received his B.A in Anthropology from Stanford University in 1970. He then received his masters in Philosophy and Indian Studies and his Ph.D. through the Graduate School of Humanities Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.[2] In 1991 Tanaka was appointed the Rev. Yoshitaka Tamai Professor at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, an affiliate of the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley, California. He was president of the Buddhist Council of Northern California and served as editor of Pacific World: The Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies.[3] In 1995 he became the pastor of the Southern Alameda County Buddhist Church.
Tanaka is the author of numerous articles and books on the subject of Buddhism. He was interviewed as part of the PBS report Tensions in American Buddhism in 2001[4] and Talk of the Nation program of National Public Radio. In 1998 he became professor of Buddhist Studies at Musashino University in Tokyo, Japan. He produced and appeared in a television series sponsored by the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai foundation that aired in 2005, with DVDs later distributed.[5] He gave the keynote address at the 750th memorial observance of Shinran in February 2010.[6]
Works
[edit]- The dawn of Chinese pure land Buddhist doctrine: Ching-ying Hui-yüan's Commentary on the Visualization sutra. State University of New York Press. 1990. ISBN 978-0-7914-0297-9. SUNY series in Buddhist studies
- with Charles S. Prebish, ed. (1998). The Faces of Buddhism in America. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-21301-2.
- Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America. WisdomOcean Publications. 1997. ISBN 978-0-9658062-0-6.
- with Eisho Nasu, ed. (1998). Engaged Pure Land Buddhism: The challenges of Jōdo-Shinshū in the contemporary world. WisdomOcean Publications. ISBN 978-0-9658062-1-3.
- Alfred Bloom, ed. (2004). Living in Amida's Universal Vow: essays in Shin Buddhism. World Wisdom. ISBN 978-0-941532-54-9. Preface: "Responsibility" and Chapter 17: "Ethics in American Jōdo-Shinshū: Trans Ethical Responsibility"
- with Richard Karl Payne, ed. (2004). Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2578-2. Volume 17 of Studies in East Asian Buddhism
- Pure land Buddhism: historical development and contemporary manifestation. Dharmaram Publications. 2004. ISBN 978-81-86861-72-1. Issue 8 of Faculty of philosophy, Dharma Endowment Lectures
- "Faith in Wŏnhyo's Commentary on the Sutra of the Buddha of Immeasurable Life: The Elevated Role of Faith over Contemplation and Its Implication for the Contribution of Korean Buddhism to the Development of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism" (PDF). Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies. Vol. Third Series, no. 6. Fall 2004. pp. 45–56.
- The Eastern Buddhist New Series Vol. XXXVII (The Eastern Buddhist Society, 2005)
- with Richard Karl Payne, ed. (January 30, 2008). Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitābha. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-81-208-3194-0. Volume 58 of Buddhist traditions
- Tanaka, Kenneth K. (2008). "Review of Asura's Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path by Dennis Hirota". Buddhist-Christian Studies. 28. University of Hawaii Press: 182–187. doi:10.1353/bcs.0.0020. ISSN 1527-9472. S2CID 170927203.
References
[edit]- ^ Ralh Honda (2009). "750th Shinran Shonin Memorial planning update; Rev. Tanaka accepts keynote speaker invitation" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ "Kenneth K. Tanaka". Musashino University Institute for Buddhist Culture faculty web site. Retrieved June 20, 2010. (translation from Japanese)
- ^ Kenneth Kenich Tanaka. "Ocean: An Introduction to Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism in America". Retrieved June 20, 2010. (online version of 1997 book)
- ^ "Tensions in American Buddhism". Religion and Ethics. July 6, 2001. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved June 20, 2010. Episode number 445
- ^ "Alumni Profiles". Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley web site. Retrieved June 20, 2010.
- ^ "Rev. Dr. Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka Keynote". Shinran Shonin 750th memorial observance. Buddhist Churches of America. February 27, 2010. Archived from the original on July 25, 2010. Retrieved June 22, 2010.
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[edit]- 1947 births
- 20th-century Buddhists
- 21st-century Buddhists
- American Buddhists
- American Buddhist spiritual teachers
- American Buddhist studies scholars
- American academics of Japanese descent
- American writers of Japanese descent
- Buddhist translators
- Buddhist writers
- Living people
- Japanese Buddhists
- Japanese emigrants to the United States
- Japanese scholars of Buddhism
- Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist priests
- Pure Land Buddhists
- Shin Buddhists
- University of California, Berkeley alumni