STEVE ODIN

Professor of Philosophy; PhD in Philosophy, State University of New York (1980).

Research Interests: Japanese philosophy, Japanese aesthetics.

Recent Publications: A Source Book in Japanese Philosophy. (Blackwood Press, forthcoming).

"Tragic Beauty in Whitehead & Japanese Aesthetics." In Japanese Journal of Process Thought (forthcoming).

"Shin Buddhism & Whitehead's Process Theology." In The Pure Land (2003).

"Leap of Faith in Shinran & Kierkegaard." In The Pure Land (2003).

"Peace & Compassion in Whitehead and the Lotus Sutra." In Journal of Chinese Philosophy (Winter 2001).

Courses Taught: PHIL 100 (Intro to Philosophy), PHIL 380 (Japanese Philosophy), PHIL 406 (Intro to Zen (Ch'an) Buddhist Philosophy), PHIL 417 (Philosophy in Literature), PHIL 449 (Philosophical Topics: Japanese Aesthetics), PHIL 780 (Seminar in Japanese Philosophy), PHIL 790 (Seminar in Comparative Philosophy-Dôgen).

Email: steveo@hawaii.edu