International Symposium on
THE LIFE, THOUGHT AND LEGACY OF HONEN-BO GENKU

In conjunction with the 1996 Conference of the Association for Asian Studies
Co-sponsored by
the Buddhist Studies program of the University of Hawaii &
the Hawaii Council of Jodo Missions
April 12, 1996

Panel 1 - Recent Scholarship on Honenユs Life, Thought and Works
Moderator
: Alfred Bloom - University of Hawaii Emeritus

An Overview of Major Issues for Contemporary Honen Studies
Allan Andrews - University of Vermont

Recent Japanese Scholarship on Honen : The Historical and Bibliographical Dimensions
Adachi Toshihide - Bukkyo University, Kyoto

The Two Faces of Honen : A Reconsideration of the Criticisms Concerning Honen's Exclusive Nembutsu Practice and His "Other Practices" (shogyo)
Hirokawa Takatoshi - Taisho University, Tokyo

The Trend Towards a Holistic Approach to Honen Through Discovery of His Personal Faith
Tomatsu Yoshiharu - Taisho University, Tokyo

A Study of Honen's Doctrine of Evil Persons as the Object of Salvation (akunin shoki setsu)
Fujimoto Kiyohiko - Bukkyo University, Tokyo

Respondent: Hayashi Makoto - Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya

Panel 2 - Images of Honen in Kamakura Buddhism
Moderator
: Carl Becker - Kyoto University

The Exclusive Nembutsu (senju nembutsu) as Liberation Theology
Soho Machida - Princeton University

Ryukan's View of Honen
Mark Blum - Florida Atlantic University

Respondent : Jacqueline Stone - Princeton University

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