Bernard Faure

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Bernard Faure (born 1948) is a Franco-American author and scholar of

École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris.[3][4] He co-founded the Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford University[5] and the ARC: Asian Religions and Cultures Series within Stanford University Press. He is also the founder and co-director of the Columbia Center for Buddhism and East Asian Religions (C-BEAR).[6]
His work has been translated into several Asian and European languages.

Education

Faure graduated from the

Université de Paris-VII in 1984.[7] He also conducted research at Kyoto University for many years.[8]

Bibliography

Faure has written a number of books in French and English, including:

  • Les Mille et Une Vies du Bouddha, Editions du Seuil (2018)
  • The Fluid Pantheon, University of Hawaii Press (2015)[9][10]
  • Protectors and Predators, University of Hawaii Press (2015)[11][12]
  • Le Traité de Bodhidharma: Première Anthologie du Chan, Le Seuil (2012)
  • L’imaginaire Zen: L’Univers Mental d’un Moine Bouddhiste Japonais, Les Belles Lettres (2010)
  • Unmasking Buddhism, Wiley-Blackwell (2008)[13]
  • Bouddhisme et Violence, Le Cavalier Bleu (2008)[14]
  • The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity and Gender, Princeton University Press (2003)[15][16]
  • Double Exposure: Cutting against Western and Buddhist Discourses, Stanford University Press (2003)[17][18]
  • The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality, Princeton University Press (1998)[19][20]
  • The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism, Stanford University Press (1997)[21][22]
  • Chan Insights and Oversights: an Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition, Princeton University Press (1996)[23]
  • Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism, Princeton University Press (1996)[24][25]
  • Bouddhisme, Liana Levi (1996), translated into English, German, Dutch, and Italian
  • Le Bouddhisme, Flammarion (1996)
  • The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism, Princeton University Press (1994)[26]
  • La Mort Dans les Religions d’Asie, Flammarion (1994)[27]
  • Le Bouddhisme Chan en Mal d’Histoire, EFEO (1989)

He has edited or co-edited the following works:

  • “The Way of Yin and Yang (Onmyōdō)," special issue of the
    Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie
     (2014)
  • "Japanese Buddhism and the Performing Arts (geinō)," special issue of Journal of Religion in Japan (2013)
  • “Shugendō," special issue of the Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie (2011)[28]
  • "Medieval Shinto," special issue of the Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie (2008)
  • Chinese Poetry and Prophecy by Michel Strickmann, Stanford University Press (2005)[29]
  • Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context, RoutledgeCurzon (2003)
  • “Buddhist Priests, Kings, and Marginals: Studies on Medieval Japanese Buddhism," special issue of the Cahiers d’Extrême-Asie (2002-2003)
  • Chinese Magical Medicine by Michel Strickmann, Stanford University Press (2002)[30]

He has also published a large number of articles, including most recently:

  • "Buddhism’s Black Holes: From Ontology to Hauntology”, International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture 27 (2) (2017)
  • "Can (and Should) Neuroscience Naturalize Buddhism?”, International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture 27, 1 (2017)
  • “Buddhism Ab Ovo: Aspects of Embryological Discourse in Medieval Japanese Buddhism”, in Anna Andreeva and Dominic Steavu, eds., Transforming the Void: Embryological Discourse and Reproductive Imagery in East Asian Buddhism, Brill (2015).
  • “Indic Influences on Chinese Mythology: King Yama and his Acolytes as Gods of Destiny” in Meir Shahar and John Kieschnick, India in the Chinese Imagination (2013)[31]
  • “The Impact of Tantrism on Japanese Religious Traditions: The Cult of the Three Devas” in Ivstan Keul, ed., Transformations and Transfer of Tantra in Asia and Beyond, Walter de Gruyter (2012)
  • “A Gray Matter: Another Look at Buddhism and Neuroscience” in Tricycle (2012)[32]
  • “Buddhism and Symbolic Violence” in Andrew Murphy, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence, Blackwell (2011)[33]
  • “From Bodhidharma to Daruma: The Hidden Life of a Zen Patriarch” in Japan Review 23 (2011)[34]
  • “In the Quiet of the Monastery: Buddhist Controversies over Quietism” in
    Common Knowledge
     16 (2010)

[35]

References

  1. ^ "Department of Religion". religion.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2019-06-22. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  2. ^ Office, Publications. "UBEF Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-12-29.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Office, Publications. "UBEF Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-12-29.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Faure, Bernard (1999). "Conférence de M. Bernard Faure". Annuaires de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études. 112 (108): 137–145. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  5. ^ "Humanities & Sciences scholars honored with endowed professorships". news.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  6. ^ "People | Center for Buddhism and East Asian Religions". blogs.cuit.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-10-15. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  7. ^ "Bernard Faure - EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES". EAST ASIAN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  8. ^ Office, Publications. "UBEF Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2015-12-29.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "University of Hawaii Press - The Fluid Pantheon: Gods of Medieval Japan, Volume 1". www.uhpress.hawaii.edu. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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  23. ^ Faure, Bernard (1993-01-01). Chan Insights and Oversights an Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition. Monograph Collection (Matt - Pseudo).
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  35. ^ "Bernard Faure | Columbia University - Academia.edu". columbia.academia.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-29.
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