Short bio(略歴)
Mitsuya Dake is on the faculty of Ryukoku University’s Graduate School of Intercultural Communications. He was the director of its Center for the Studies of South Asia (2016-2022) and the head of international division of the center for the World Buddhist Cultures (2017-2022). His area of research include: Shinran Thought; Engaged Buddhism; and Inter-faith Dialogue. He serves on the editorial board of the journal, Contemporary Voices of Dalit.
His recent publications are as follows:
- 『仏教・イスラーム・キリスト教ー祈りと思想の共鳴 』(Buddhism・ Islam・Christianity) Kyoto:Hozokan, 2025.
- 「比較神学的対話(Conversations in Comparative Theology)と真宗学―宗教間対話の経験をとおして」(Conversations in Comparative Theology and Shin Buddhist Studies)Bulletin of Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University No.60.
- ”The Impact of Southern Song Buddhism on the Japanese Pure Land Movement in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Shinran’s Thought in the Context of Shino-Japanese Buddhist Exchange”, International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Cultures Vol. 32 No.1 (June 2022): Acdmy of Buddhist Studies, Dongggok University.