Proficient Languages (other than Japanese)
            
            
            Educational Background
            
            	1982, BA, Nanzan University, Japan
1985 ,MA, Nanzan University, Japan
1993, PhD (Doctor Theologiae),University of Vienna, Austria
             
            
            Research Themes
            
            	Theology, Spirituality of Eastern Christianity
Interreligious dialogue
Studies in comparative religion
             
            
            Courses Taught
            
            	
                	- Religion and Globalization
 
            
            Academic Associations
            
            	
                	- THE SOCIETY OF HISTORICAL STUDIES OF CHRISTIANITY, JAPAN
- Japanese Association for Religious Studies
- The Japan Society of Christian Studies
 
            
            Recent Publications
            
            	
                	- The Psychophysical Methode of Prayer: Byzantine Hesychasm of the 14th Century, 2009, Kyoto University Press (in Japanese pp. 352)
- Rudolf Otto, Das Heilige, trans. by Eiji Hisamatsu, Iwanami Shoten, 2010 (in Japanese pp.465)
- Eastern Orthodox Church: Wisdom of the East, 2012, Kodansha (in Japanese pp.272)
- “Rudolf Ottos Rezeption in Japan“, edited by Lauster, Jörg / Schüz, Peter / Barth, Roderich / Danz, Christian, Rudolf Otto: Theologie - Religionsphilosophie – Religionsgeschichte、 Berlin: Walter De Gruyter Inc, 2013 (Nov.), 605-614.
 
            
            
            At Naples, Italy
            