The Institute for Research on Christian Culture was established in 1957 to conduct integrated research on Christian culture and thought. The current research theme is "In Search of a New Concept of the Human Being," and involves interdisciplinary team research from a global point of view. The major activities of the Institute include study meetings whose themes are based on joint and/or individual study, symposiums and seminars, and various publications.

OPEN SEMINARS (2010):

Journey to Holy Places in the World
A Study of "Agape"
Japanese Culture and Christianity
Reading of English Poetry
St. Augustine's Confessions, Book 11 in Latin text
St. Augustine, Tractatus on the Gospel of St. John (Japanese Translation)
The Light in the History of Western Art
Literature and Life
Church Calendar and Music
Primeval History (Genesis1-11)

PUBLICATIONS

Bulletin :Religion and Culture (Vol. 1-27)

Series:Religion and Civilization (Vol. 1-5)
Women and Religion (1978)
Christianity and Cultural Milieu (1979)
Issues of God in Literature (1981)
Religions of the Contemporary World (1984)
Women and Civilization (1986)

Religious Study and Civilization (Vol. 1-5)
Pilgrimage and Civilization (1987)
Dialogue on African Civilizations (1990)
Eastern Europe and Russia - Encounters of Civilizations (1994)
Christianity in the Age of Globalization - How to Transform Itself for the Coming Millenium (1998)
Possibility of Religious Literature (2001)
The Way of Living Together in Harmony and Peace (2005)
The History of the Institute for Research on Christian Culture (1957-2006)
Searching for a New Image of Human Being -- In the Conflict Between the Virtual and Real (2009)

INSTITUTE MEMBERS

YAMAZAKI, Minako : Director, Modern Japanese History
ADACHI, Mami : English Literature
DOKE, Hiroichiro : English Literature
ENDO, Toru : Philosophy, Ethics
HARAOKA, Fumiko : Ancient Japanese Literature
HORIE, Norichika : Comparative Cultures, Study of Religion
INDE, Tadao : European Medieval History, Christian History, Social History
IWATA, Yasuo : Greek Philosophy, Contemporary Philosophy
KAMIISHI, Manabu : Aesthetics
KATO, Kazuya : Ethics nd Medieval Christian Thought
KATO, Shinro : Patristic Philosophy, Greek Philosophy
KIMASE, Seizo : European Medieval History
MASUDA, Sanae : Biblical Study
MIURA, Nozomi : Biblical Study of the New Testament
MATSUMOTO, Shigeru : Comparative Cultures, Study of Religion
MIYAUCHI, Hisamitsu : European Philosophy of the Middle Ages
MIYAMOTO, Hisao : Philosophy, Biblical Study
MIYOSHI, Setsuko : European History
MORIMURA, Nobuko : Study of Religion, Biblical Study (Old Testament)
OGAWA, Sayuri : Comparative Culture, History of Ideological Interchange
OKAZAKI, Yoshiko : Ethnomusicology
NAGANO, Mika : History of Japanese Ethical Thought
SUZUKI, Hideko : Modern Japanese Literature
TANABE, Kin : Theology of Spirituality
TOMIHARA, Mayumi : French Philosophy
USAMI, Kohshi : History of Christian Theology
YAMADA, Yuki : English Literature
YOSHIZAWA, Goro : Medieval History of European Culture, Comparative Civilizations