]> 2026-09-15T22:11:32-04:00 People/Faure, B. 0 en Columbia University Department of Religion Bernard Faure, Kao Professor in Japanese Religion, received his Ph.D. (Doctorat d’Etat) from Paris University (1984). He is interested in various aspects of East Asian Buddhism, with an emphasis on Chan/Zen and Tantric or esoteric Buddhism. His work, influenced by anthropological history and cultural theory, has focused on topics such as the construction of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, the Buddhist cult of relics, iconography, sexuality and gender. His current research deals with the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism and its relationships with medieval Japanese religion. He has published a number of books in French and English. His English publications include: ''The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism'' (Princeton 1991), ''Chan Insights and Oversights: An Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition'' (Princeton 1993), ''Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism'' (Princeton 1996), ''The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality'' (Princeton 1998), ''The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender'' (Princeton 2003), and ''Double Exposure'' (Stanford 2004). ([https://religion.columbia.edu/content/bernard-r-faure Source Accessed Jun 10, 2019]). He recently completed a two-volume work on Japanese Gods and Demons: ''The Fluid Pantheon: Medieval Japanese Gods, Volume I'' and ''Protectors and Predators: Medieval Japanese Gods, Volume 2'' (Both volumes by University of Hawai'i Press, 2015). Person People File:Faure Bernard Columbia EALC Page.jpeg https://commons.tsadra.org/images/5/5b/Faure_Bernard_Columbia_EALC_Page.jpeg true true true File:Faure Bernard Columbia EALC Page.jpeg File:Faure Bernard Columbia EALC Page.jpeg Bernard Faure;Bernard;Faure;Faure, B. false Bernard Faure Bernard Faure Faure Bernard Columbia EALC Page.jpeg Faure, B. Bernard Faure Bernard Faure Professors Paris University 212-854-8926 Modern Bernard Faure, Kao Professor in Japanese Religion, received his Ph.D. (Doctorat d’Etat) from Paris University (1984). He is interested in various aspects of East Asian Buddhism, with an emphasis on Chan/Zen and Tantric or esoteric Buddhism. His work, influenced by anthropological history and cultural theory, has focused on topics such as the construction of orthodoxy and heterodoxy, the Buddhist cult of relics, iconography, sexuality and gender. His current research deals with the mythico-ritual system of esoteric Buddhism and its relationships with medieval Japanese religion. He has published a number of books in French and English. His English publications include: ''The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism'' (Princeton 1991), ''Chan Insights and Oversights: An Epistemological Critique of the Chan Tradition'' (Princeton 1993), ''Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism'' (Princeton 1996), ''The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality'' (Princeton 1998), ''The Power of Denial: Buddhism, Purity, and Gender'' (Princeton 2003), and ''Double Exposure'' (Stanford 2004). ([https://religion.columbia.edu/content/bernard-r-faure Source Accessed Jun 10, 2019]). He recently completed a two-volume work on Japanese Gods and Demons: ''The Fluid Pantheon: Medieval Japanese Gods, Volume I'' and ''Protectors and Predators: Medieval Japanese Gods, Volume 2'' (Both volumes by University of Hawai'i Press, 2015). Faure, B.;;;Bernard Faure;;;Bernard Faure;Bernard Faure;Faure, Bernard 2019-06-10T21:49:07Z 2458645.4091088 2019-06-10T21:49:07Z 2458645.4091088 true People/Faure, B. 0 0 template commons 1 [[:Faure, B.]] People/Faure, B.# QUERY162178fa94d85d0dd9da4eb25887f911 0 200 1 template 13 <q>[[BuNayAuthor::Faure, B.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[People::Faure, B.||People/Faure, B.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]] OR [[Performer::People/Faure, B.]] [[BuNayPageType::!Person]]</q> People/Faure, B.# QUERY821b46c9247bfef5c1bff43c6a06960a 0 200 1 template 3 [[Category:Library Items]] [[BuNayTopicTags::People/Faure, B.]] People/Faure, B.# QUERYd2582eaf922cc06f8611c2ddef10d2af 0 The Rhetoric of Immediacy# f5ef9184d6784f7f943ca786859555aa# f5ef9184d6784f7f943ca786859555aa Books/The Rhetoric of Immediacy 0 en The Rhetoric of Immediacy Faure, Bernard 0 en Faure, Bernard PersonPage 102 en PersonPage BuNayAuthor 102 en BuNayAuthor REDI 102 en REDI