CURRICULUM VITAE
Katsuhiro KOHARA, Th.D.
Professor of Systematic Theology
School of Theology, Doshisha University
Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8580 JAPANe-mail: katsuhiro@kohara.ac
Home Page : http://www.kohara.ac/

Present Positions:
Professor of Systematic Theology, School of Theology, Doshisha University
Director, Center for the Study of Conscience, Doshisha University
Editorial Board, Religious Studies in Japan
Administrative Experiences:
Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions (CISMOR),
2010-15.
Chair, Kyoto Graduate Union of Religious Studies (K-GURS), 2013-15.
Major Fields of Specialization:
Christian Theology (especially Systematic Theology), Religious Ethics andComparative Study of Monotheistic Religions
Education:
Doshisha Graduate School of Theology, Japan, Th.D., 1996
Doshisha Graduate School of Theology, Japan, Th.M., 1992
Heidelberg University, Germany, 1990-91
Mainz University, Germany, 1989-90
Doshisha University, Japan, BA (Theology), 1989
Teaching Experiences:
Professor of Systematic Theology, Doshisha University, 2004–Present; Associate
Professor, 2000-2004; Lecturer, 1997-2000; Adjunct, 1996-1997
Publications (in English):“Creation and Apocalyptic Crises in Japan: A Theological Lesson Learned from theHiroshima, Nagasaki and Fukushima Disasters,” in Ernst M. Conradie ed.,1

Creation and Salvation: A Medley of Essays on Recent Theological Movements,
Berlin: LIT Verlag, 2012.
“A Critique of the Pluralist Model: ‘Exclusivism’ and ‘Inclusivism’ Revisited,”
Salvation and Pluralism (Kyoto Joint Symposium of CISMOR and KIRKHS),
Center for Interdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions, 2008.
“Discourses and Realpolitik on Monotheism and Polytheism”, Journal of theInterdisciplinary Study of Monotheistic Religions 2, 2006.
“Can Human Beings Overcome Anthropocentrism? Focusing on J. Moltmann's Idea ofthe Rights of the Earth”, Theological Forum Vol. 36 (College of Theology &the United School of Theology, Yonsei University), 2004.
“Hiroshima and the Pacifism/ Just War Debate”, Interface: A Forum for Theology inthe World, Vol.6, No.2, 2003.
“The Future of Bioethics and Christianity”, Echoes of Peace 64, 2003.
“Women in the World of Christianity: From the Religious Right to Feminist
Theology”, The Journal of Oriental Studies Vol.13, 2003.
Publications (Selected in Japanese):
1. Author
Politics of Religion: The Encounter of the Japanese Society and the Monotheistic
World, Kyoto: Koyo-shobo, 2010.
The Dramaturgy of God: Focusing on Nature, Religion, History, and Body as theStage, Tokyo: Kyobun-kan, 2002.
2. Coauthor
Perspective of the World from Fundamentalism: Real and Virtual of Christianity,
Islam and Judaism (coauthor with K. Nakata and I. Teshima), Tokyo: PHP,
2006.
Christianity on the Internet (coauthor with S. Nomoto), Tokyo: Kyobun-kan, 2003.
For Understandign of Christianity, Tokyo: Asahi Newspaper Company, 2002.
Christianity and the Present Day: Historical Development of Eschatology (coauthorwith S. Ashina), Kyoto: Sekaishiso-sha, 2001.
How to read the European Union (coauthor with J. Ogura, et al.), Kyoto:
Sekaishiso-sha, 2001.
The Meaning of Sex: From the Christian Perspective (coauthor with N. Miyatani, etal.), Tokyo: Sinkyo-Syuppan-sha, 1999.
Life and Death (coauthor with K. Kanda, et al.), Tokyo: United Church of Christ inJapan Publication, 1999.
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“Interpretation and Acceptance of the Separation between Religion and Politics inModern Japan,” K. Arai, et al. ed. State and Religion: Modern andContemporary Japan From the Viewpoint of Religion, Tokyo: Houzokan,
2008.
“Current Trend of Evangelicals Affecting the U.S. Presidential Campaign,” N.
Watanabe ed., Guide to Religion and the Present Age, Tokyo: Heibon-sha,
2008.
“Promoting a Dialogue with Muslims: Focusing on Vatican and WCC,” K. Mori ed.,Can European Union coexist with the Islamic Tradition?: Controversies over
the Muhammad Cartoons, Tokyo: Akashi Publishing Company, 2007.
“How Can Christianity Contribute to Solving the Environmental Problems?” Gospeland the World, 2007.
“A Critique of the Pluralist Model: ‘Exclusivism’ and ‘Inclusivism’ Revisited,”
Studies in Christianity 69/2, 2007.
“A Theological Understanding of War: Justice and Peace in Multireligious Society”,
Studies in Christianity 64/1, 2002.
“The Past, Present, and Future of Korean and Japanese Societies from the Perspectiveof Eschatological Thought”, Studies in Christianity 63/1, 2001 (In Japaneseand Korean).
“Religious Pluralism in Modern Theology: A Trend of Secular Society in the Age ofGlobalization”, Journal of Religious Studies 329, 2001.
“Christianity and Life Science: Focusing on Responsibility”, Studies in Christianity
62/1, 2000.
“A Hermeneutical Study of Eschatology: Apocalypticism and Thought of Wisdom”,
Studies in Christianity 61/2, 1999.
“A Foundation of Ecological Eschatology”, Studies in Christianity 60/2, 1999.
“The Gender of God: A Dialogue with Feminist Theology”, Religion and Society 4,
1998.
“A Theological Study on Understandings of the Body”, Studies in Christianity 59/2,
1998.
“On the ‘Imago Dei’: A Response to Feminism and Ecology”, Theological Studies inJapan 37, 1998.
International Presentations (Selected):“How Can the Religious Communities Contribute To Tackling the Contemporary
Ethical Problems? ” The XXI IAHR World Congress 2015 in Erfurt, Germany,
2015.
“Analysis of Conflicting Religious Values to Achieve Tolerance and Peace: Over
Discourse on Monotheism and Polytheism in Japan,” Cairo University, Egypt,3

2015.
“The Metamorphosis of Religion in the Public Sphere: In the Battle withModernization and Secularism,” TOBB Economics and Technology University,Ankara, Turkey, 2015.
“Requirements of “good religion”: An inquiry into the effects of the 3/11 disaster on
the concept of religion in Japan,” International Symposium “Concepts ofReligion between Asia and Europe” (UPRP Asia and Europe), University ofZurich, Switzerland, 2012.
“Religion and Modernization: From the Perspective of Secularism,” the International
Conference “Modernity and Values in a Changing World” organized by thePrince Abdul Mohsin Bin Jalawi Centre for Islamic Research and Studies,
Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 2012.
“Monotheism, Nationalism and the Postmodern Resurgence of Religions: Focusing onthe Modern and Contemporary Japan,” International Symposium on
Monotheism and Postmodernism, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2011.
“Theology of Religions in the Rise of Nationalism,” The conference “Is Asia Pacific?
Interreligious Encounters, Peace-building and Theological Inventiveness intoday's Asia,” Fudan University, Shanhai, China, 2011.
“Encounter between Ecology and Eschatology: A Consideration of EcologicalEschatology”, Conference “2011 Dialogue: A Common Human Bond”
organized by the Muslim World League, National Central Library, Taipei,Taiwan, 2011.
“The Peace Understanding of Japanese Christians”, Symposium on the Role ofInterfaith Dialogue on Peace Building and Conflict Resolution, Fatih
University, Istanbul, Turkey, 2010.
“A Critique of the Pluralist Model in Christian Theology: Reflecting the Perspectiveof Japanese Religions and Islam,” International Symposium on Globalization
and Religious Pluralism, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 2010.
“Conflicting Religious Values in Globalizing Japan: From the Meiji to the Present,”
East Asia Center, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A., 2010.
“Significance of the Religious Studies in the Contemporary Age,” International
Scholars’ Forum, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2008.
“Conflicts between religious and modern values in post-Meiji Japan: A comparative
study for the concepts of democracy,” Center for Strategic Research, Tehran,Iran, 2008.
“Conflicts between religious and modern values in post-Meiji Japan: A comparative
monotheistic study,” American Academy of Religion, 2006 Annual Meeting,Washington D.C., U.S.A., 2007.
“How Can We Overcome Ethical Asymmetries? A Response to Ted Peters' Paper4

from a Japanese Christian Perspective”, The 1st International Symposium for
Science and Life "Science and the Future of Life" by Korea Forum for Scienceand Life, Seoul, Korea, 2006.
“Discourse and Realpolitik on Monotheism and Polytheism”, The 19th World
Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR),Tokyo, Japan, 2005.
“Can Human Beings Overcome Anthropocentrism?: Focusing on J. Moltmann's Ideaof the Rights of the Earth”, The 5th International Symposium on the Theologyof Life "Human Life and Rights of Nature", Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea,
2004.
“Conflicts of Pacifism and Just War Theory from the Japanese and ChristianViewpoint”, CISMOR International Workshop “War and Violence in Religion:
Responses from the Monotheistic World”, Kyoto, Japan, 2004.
“The Confrontation of Monotheistic and Polytheistic View of Nature in Japan”,
American Academy of Religion, 2003 Annual Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia,
U.S.A., 2003.

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