Nakasone, R.
Full Name[edit]
Ronald Y. Nakasone
Affiliation[edit]
Graduate Theological Union Center for Art, Religion and Education Professor of Buddhist Art and Culture Core Doctoral Faculty Member
At GTU since 1987
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Buddhist Studies, 1980 (Ph.D. Minor in Philosophy) M.A. Ryukoku University, Kyoto, Japan, Buddhist Studies, 1975 M.A. University of Hawaii-Manoa, Oriental Art History, 1967 B.A. University of Hawaii-Manoa, Philosophy, 1965
Phone: 510/659-8560 E-mail: rynakasone@sbcglobal.net
Current Research and Teaching Interests
Buddhist Aesthetics, Art, and Ethics
Interfaith Aesthetics
Okinawan Studies
Spirituality and Aging
Selected Publications “Buddhist Thought in the New Millennium: The Structure and Relevance of Buddhist Thinking.” In Bukkyōseimeikan kara meta inochi. Takeda Ryūsei, ed. Kyoto: Hozokan, 2006. “Spirituality and Aging in the San Francisco Japanese Community.” In Religious Healing in Urban America. Susan Sered and Linda Barnes, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Okinawan Diaspora, ed. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2002. “Buddhist views on Biotechnology.” In Encyclopedia of Ethical, Legal & Policy Issues in Biotechnology. Thomas H. Murray & Maxwell J. Mehlman, eds. New York: Wiley, 2000. “Buddhist Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making.” In Issues in End-of-Life Decision Making. Kathryn Braun, editor, New York: Sage Publications, 1999. “Yanagi Soetsu and the Pure Land of Beauty.” In Kitabatake Tensei kyōjè koki kinen ronshu Kyoto: Nagata, 1998.