David Loy

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Dr. David R. Loy currently holds the Besl Family Chair of Ethics/Religion & Society, a visiting appointment at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio^[1]. He received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Singapore.^[1] He was professor of philosophy at Bunkyo University in Chigasaki, Japan^[2] until January 2006.^[3] In 1971, he began practicing Zen with Robert Aitken Roshi in Hawaii.^[2]

He is the author of several books on philosophy and ethics, including:

• Nonduality: A Study in Comparative Philosophy, New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1988. Reviewed by Robert Zeuschner^[4] and by Karl H. Potter.^[5]
• Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1996 (review review 2)
• A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack (SUNY Press, 2002)
• The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2003)
• The Dharma of Dragons and Daemons: Buddhist Themes in Modern Fantasy (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004) ISBN 0861714768. Co-authored with Linda Goodhew.

plus numerous other publications as author or editor.^[2]

He sits on the editorial boards of the journals Cultural Dynamics, Worldviews, Contemporary Buddhism, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, and World Federation of Buddhists Review.^[2]

He is married to Linda Goodhew, formerly an associate professor of English literature at Gakushuin University in Japan. ^[2][6] They have one son, Mark Loy Goodhew.

[edit] Further reading

Pravit Rojanaphruk, Spirits in a Material World: David Loy on Re-evaluating Religion.

[edit] Sources

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www.xu.edu/ers/endowed-chair.cfm
2. ^ ^{a b c d e} Curriculum vitae and bibliography of David R. Loy (German) (actually partly German and partly English).
3. ^ Wikipedia talk message from David Loy.
4. ^ Review author[s]: Robert B. Zeuschner. Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 10, 1990 (1990), pp. 300-302 doi:10.2307/1390225 [1]
5. ^ Review author[s]: Karl H. Potter. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Vol. 51, No. 3 (Sep., 1991), pp. 733-735 doi:10.2307/2107905 [2].
6. ^ http://www.bpf.org/tsangha/tsm03report/karmabook.html