Stuart D. B. Picken
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STUART D. B. PICKEN is a philosopher, academic and cleric. He is a noted expert on comparative ethics and Japanese thought. In 2007 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure by the government of Japan for his work.[1]
Picken was a professor at International Christian University in Tokyo, where he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and in particular shinto, on which he is a noted authority. He is also an adviser on international affairs for the High Priest of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine, and was formerly Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies and Visiting Professor of Japanese Thought at the University of Stirling. He has published more than half a dozen books and some 130 articles and papers.
He is currently a minister in the church of Scotland, chairman of the Japan Society of Scotland, and chairman of the International Advisory Board of the International Academic Forum.
Works
Shinto, Japan's Spiritual Roots (1980) Buddhism (1982) Christianity and Japan: Meeting, Conflict, Hope (1983) Essentials of Shinto: An Analytical Guide to Principal Teachings (1994) Shinto Meditations for Revering the Earth (2002) Sourcebook in Shinto: Selected Documents (2004) Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business (2007) Historical Dictionary of Shinto (2010) Historical Dictionary of Calvinism (2011)
Historical Dictionary of Japanese Business