Alfred Bloom
Biographic Data
| ID | 3831288 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfred Bloom |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfred |
| FAMILY NAME | Bloom |
| SIGNATURE | BLOOM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaii System |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 39 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 39 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1956 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
STUART Henderson. Making the Scene
Shin Buddhism in America
A Buddhist Perspective on Dual Worship
The question of dual practice or multiple practice is challenging because of the individual, communal, theoretical, and practical considerations aroused by such a practice. Among the papers we are discussing here, Professor Habito's essay provides the most concise statement of the issues involved, focussed as it is on the practice of zazen. Professor Corless offers us a specific, highly developed example or model of dual practice following the pr…
The Unfolding of the Lotus
In the lobby of the Hongwanji International Center in Kyoto, there is a world map indicating the world outreach of Shin Buddhism. The radiating spokes point to branches in North America-United States and Canada; South America-Brazil; Europe-Germany and Switzerland; and Asia-Okinawa and Taiwan. Over the map the plaque reads Shinshu Unites the World. In the years since the map was installed, new Shin communities have emerged in Mexico, England, Bel…
A Spiritual Odyssey
The question may be asked: What is the meaning of Shin Buddhism for western people? I would approach this question from my own spiritual odyssey. Though my path is not necessarily a model for others, it may be instructive for understanding the factors that are involved in religious conversion. In brief, I was born ofJewish parentage and lived in an Irish-Catholic neighborhood long before Vatican II. As my mother was converted to a form of Baptist…
Shinran
Jodo Shinshu
Buddhist Faith and Sudden Enlightenment
Book Notices
Journal Article Book Notices Get access Tannishõ: A Primer. Translated by Dennis Hirota. Ryukoku University Translation Center, 1982. 135 pages. N.P. Alfred Bloom Alfred Bloom University of Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume 52, Issue 2, June 1984, Pages 408–409, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/52.2.408 Published: 01 June 1984
Timeless Spring
Religion in East Asia
RELIGION IN EAST ASIA Get access Christianity: The Japanese Way (Monographs and Theoretical Studies in Sociology and Anthropology. 15). By Carlo Caldarola. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979 vii + 234 pages, bibliography, index. 58 guilders. ISBN 90-04-05842-7. Alfred Bloom Alfred Bloom University of Hawaii Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4, December…
The Neoconservatives
Peter Steinfels. The Neoconservatives: The Men Who Are Changing America's Politics. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1979. 335 pages
Pure Land Buddhist Painting
Reflections on the Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School
Foundation of Japanese Buddhism. Volume I
Shinto Man
Buddhism
Religion and Man
Japanese Religiosity
Happiness and Immortality
A Buddhist Bible
Japan's New Buddhism
Japanese Religion
Soka Gakkai, Builders of the Third Civilization, American and Japanese Members
Asian Religions and History of Religions
ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGIONS Get access Shinto No Chikara (The Power of Shinto).By KENJI UEDA. Tokyo: Kyobunsha, 1968. 99 pages. $1.00. ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM University of Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2, June 1969, Pages 166–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVII.2.166 Published: 01 June 1969
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A Basis for the Comparison of Religions
Journal Article A Basis for the Comparison of Religions: Christianity and Buddhism Get access ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM * ALFRED BLOOM holds the degrees of B.Th. from Eastern Baptist Seminary in Philadelphia and B.D. and S.T.M. from Andover Newton Theological School. He is at present completing work leading to the degree of Ph.D. in the areas of History and Philosophy of Religion at Harvard Divinity School. He is a Fellow of the National Council …
Shinran's Philosophy of Salvation By Absolute Other Power
Shinran's Philosophy of Salvation By Absolute Other Power
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace
Journal Article Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace Get access ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Oregon. He holds the B.D. and S.T.M. degrees from Andover-Newton Theological Seminary, and the Ph.D. from Harvard. He has spent two years in Japan with a Fulbright Grant studying Japanese Buddhism for his dissertation, “Shinran: His Life and Thought.” He has translated Shoko Watanabe's Japanese B…
Observations in the Study of Contemporary Nichiren Buddhism
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace
The Sense of Sin and Guilt and the Last Age [Mappo] in Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace
Kindai Nihon no Shukyo to Nashyonarizumu. (Religion and Nationalism in Modern Japan)
Historical Studies
Journal Article HISTORICAL STUDIES Get access Nichiren to lu Hito (A Man Called Nichiren). By SHIGEMOTO TOKORO. Tokyo: Shiseido, 1966. 244 pages. 80c (paper). ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM University of Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, June 1968, Pages 170–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVI.2.170 Published: 01 June 1968
Shinto no Chikara. The Power of Shinto
The Life of Shinran Shonin
Shinran's Gospel of Pure Grace
Asian Religions and History of Religions
ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGIONS Get access Shinto No Chikara (The Power of Shinto).By KENJI UEDA. Tokyo: Kyobunsha, 1968. 99 pages. $1.00. ALFRED BLOOM ALFRED BLOOM University of Oregon Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2, June 1969, Pages 166–167, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXVII.2.166 Published: 01 June 1969
Japanese Religion
Soka Gakkai, Builders of the Third Civilization, American and Japanese Members
Happiness and Immortality
A Buddhist Bible
Japan's New Buddhism
Japanese Religiosity
Shinto Man
Buddhism
Religion and Man
Foundation of Japanese Buddhism. Volume I
Philosophy (31 works) · Japanese History and Culture (24 works) · Theology (19 works) · History (17 works) · Buddhism (14 works) · Religious studies (14 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Archaeology (8 works) · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices (8 works)