Bernard Faure

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Bernard Faure (born 1948) is a Franco-American author and scholar of Asian religions, who focuses on Chan/Zen and Japanese esoteric Buddhism. His work draws on cultural theory, anthropology, and gender studies. [1] He is currently a Kao Professor of Japanese Religion at Columbia University and an Emeritus Professor of Religious Studies (and formerly Professor of Chinese Religions) at Stanford University. [2] He also previously taught at Cornell University, and has been a visiting a professor at the University of Tokyo, the University of Sydney, and the 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.

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Education

Faure graduated from the Institut d’Études Politiques as well as the École Nationale des Langues Orientales Vivantes in Paris and received a Doctorat d’État 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:

He has edited or co-edited the following works:

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

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  13. ↑ Faure, Bernard (2011-09-13). Unmasking Buddhism. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781444356618.
  14. ↑ Faure, Bernard (2008-01-01). Bouddhisme et violence (in French). Le Cavalier bleu. ISBN   9782846702294.
  15. ↑ Faure, Bernard (2009-01-10). The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. Princeton University Press. ISBN   978-1400825615.
  16. ↑ Faure, B.: The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender. (eBook and Paperback). press.princeton.edu. 2003-03-02. ISBN   9780691091716 . Retrieved 2015-12-29.
  17. ↑ Heine, Steven (2006). "Reviewed work: Double Exposure: Cutting across Buddhist and Western Discourses, Bernard Faure". Philosophy East and West. 56 (1): 178–180. doi:10.1353/pew.2006.0011. JSTOR   4488007. S2CID   170656174.
  18. ↑ Faure, Bernard; Lloyd, Janet (2004-01-01). Double Exposure: Cutting Across Buddhist and Western Discourses. Stanford University Press. ISBN   9780804743488.
  19. ↑ Faure, Bernard (1998-10-26). The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality. Princeton University Press. ISBN   1400822602.
  20. ↑ Guthrie, Elizabeth (2007). "Reviewed work: The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality, Bernard Faure". Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Southeast Asian Studies. 19 (1): 208–210. JSTOR   40860878.
  21. ↑ Faure, Bernard (1997-01-01). The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism. Stanford University Press. ISBN   9780804728652.
  22. ↑ Dippmann, Jeffrey (1999). "Reviewed work: The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism, Bernard Faure, Phyllis Brooks". Philosophy East and West. 49 (3): 386–388. doi:10.2307/1399903. JSTOR   1399903.
  23. ↑ Faure, Bernard (1993-01-01). Chan Insights and Oversights an Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition. Monograph Collection (Matt - Pseudo).
  24. ↑ Heine, Steven (1996). "Reviewed work: Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism, Bernard Faure, Phyllis Brooks". Monumenta Nipponica. 51 (3): 383–386. doi:10.2307/2385619. JSTOR   2385619.
  25. ↑ Faure, Bernard (2000-01-01). Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0691029415.
  26. ↑ Faure, Bernard (1994-01-01). The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism. Princeton University Press. ISBN   0691029636.
  27. ↑ Faure, Bernard (1994-01-01). La mort dans les religions d'Asie: un exposé pour comprendre, un essai pour réfléchir (in French). Flammarion. ISBN   9782080352002.
  28. ↑ Faure, Bernard; Moerman, David Max; Sekimori, Gaynor (2011-01-01). Shugendo : l'histoire et la culture d'une religion japonaise. Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. ISBN   9782855391236.
  29. ↑ Strickmann, Michel; Faure, Bernard (2005-01-01). Chinese Poetry and Prophecy: The Written Oracle in East Asia. Stanford University Press. ISBN   9780804743341.
  30. ↑ Strickmann, Michel; Faure, Bernard (2002-01-01). Chinese Magical Medicine. Stanford University Press. ISBN   9780804739405.
  31. ↑ Kieschnick, John; Shahar, Meir (2013-12-26). India in the Chinese Imagination: Myth, Religion, and Thought. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN   9780812245608.
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  33. ↑ Murphy, Andrew R. (2011-04-20). The Blackwell Companion to Religion and Violence. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   9781444395730.
  34. ↑ Faure, Bernard (2011). "From Bodhidharma to Daruma: The Hidden Life of a Zen Patriarch". Japan Review (23): 45–71. JSTOR   41304923.
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