Biography
James Fredericks, Ph.D. is a faculty member in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University and a priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. He is also a specialist in inter-religious dialogue, especially the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity, and has lectured internationally in Japan, China, India, Iran, and Europe. He was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in Kyoto, Japan, and has held the Numata Chair in Buddhism and Culture at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. For many years, he has participated in the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue Group and the San Francisco Bay Area Zen-Catholic Dialogue Group. In addition to many articles, he is the author of Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and the Non-Christian Religions (Paulist Press) and Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to a New Solidarity (Orbis Books). He is the co-editor of Interreligio us Friendships After Nostra Aetate (Palgrave-MacMillan 2015). His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, German, and Spanish.
Education
Ph.D.
University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1988
S.T.L.
Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley, California
1983
B.A.
St. Joseph’s College, Mountain View, California
1973
Areas of Expertise
Christian TheologyInterreligious DialogueBuddhismDante
Accomplishments
Fulbright Senior Research Scholar | professional
Japan
Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies | professional
Ryukoku University, Kyoto
Consutant to Pontifical Council for Interreligoius Dialogue for Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue | professional
Vatican City
Affiliations
- American Academy of Religion
- Catholic Theological Society of America
- Society of Buddhist-Christian Studies
Courses
Comparative Theology
Comparative Theology
Systematic Theology
Systematic Theology
Human rights and religions
Human rights and religions
The Divine Comedy of Dante
The Divine Comedy of Dante