Ruben L. F. Habito

Professor of World Religions and Spirituality
Interim Coordinator of Spiritual Formation

rhabito@smu.edu
214.768.4334

Education

Doctor of Letters Certificate, Tokyo University; S.T.L., Sophia University, 1978; M.Lit., Tokyo University, 1975; B.A., Ateneo de Manila University, 1969

Teaching Specialties

World religions, East Asian Buddhism, theology of religions and comparative theology, interreligious perspectives in spirituality and mysticism

Research Interests

Japanese medieval Buddhism, themes in comparative theology, spirituality and socio-ecological engagement

Selected Publications

:: Experiencing Buddhism: Ways of Wisdom and Compassion (Orbis Books, 2005).
:: Living Zen, Loving God (Boston: Wisdom Publications, 2004).
:: "Compassion Out of Wisdom: Buddhist Perspectives from the Past toward the Human Future," in Stephen Post, et.al., eds., Altruism and Altruistic Love (Oxford University Press, 2002).
:: Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth (MKZC Publications, 2001).
:: Originary Enlightenment: Tendai Hongaku Doctrine and Japenese Buddhism (International Institute for Advanced Buddhist Studies, 1996).

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