Nakasone, R.

Full Name

Ronald Y. Nakasone

Nakasone, Ronald Y.

Affiliation

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.

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