James Heisig

James Heisig

James W. Heisig is a philosopher who has specialized in the field of philosophy of religion. He has published several books, their topics ranging amongst the notion of God in Jungian psychology, the Kyoto School of Philosophy, and contemporary interreligious faith. He currently resides in Nagoya, Japan, where he continues to conduct research in the Nanzan Social and Religious Research Institute. He is also famed among students of the Japanese language for his "Remembering the Kanji" series.

Books

* "Remembering the Kanji" series (1977, 1987, 1994)
* "Imago Dei: A Study of C. G. Jung's Psychology of Religion (Studies in Jungian thought)" (1979)
* "Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School (Nanzan Library of Asian Religion and Culture)" (2001)
* "Heisig's profile page [http://www.ic.nanzan-u.ac.jp/~heisig/index.html]


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