Toyo Gakujutsu Kenkyu (Vol. 64 No. 1)

The latest issue of the Toyo Gakujutsu Kenkyu (東洋学術研究) (Vol. 64 No. 1, 2025) introduces a special feature themed "Humanistic Education and Its Contemporary Significance," focusing on the founder's vision of education for humanity.

The section titled "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Faith, Religion and Thought" contains four lectures from the Institute's public lecture series held in 2024. The lectures explored various themes including the relationship between AI and humans, philosphy of the dignity of life, and the reproduction of the dead and saitns. 

The issue also features "Dialogue between Buddhism and Islam" with four papers submitted at the special symposium with the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilisation in Malaysia on September 8, 2024, as well as a column on the Silk Road series, book review, and research memo. The main articles of the past issues of the Toyo Gakujutsu Kenkyu are available in our database.

Contents (Language: Japanese) / ISBN 978-4-88596-089-5 / 1,400 yen (tax included)

Feature: Feature: Humanistic Education and Its Contemporary Significance

Special Talk on Humanistic Education: From Pestalozzi to Daisaku Ikeda......Hiroshi Watanabe / Takao Ito

The Core Content of Ikeda Daisaku’s Educational Thought and the Origin of His Philosophy of Life......Cui Xuesen

Ikeda’s “Theory of Humanistic Education” and His View of Civilization: Through Toynbee and Jaspers......Yutaka Ishigami

Daisaku Ikeda’s View of Shitei: Shitei as a Universal Theory of Education......Yusaku Iwaki

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Faith, Religion and Thought

AI and Humans......Hiroshi Ishiguro

What Is It Like to Be an AI?......Takashi Okinaga

Toward the Use of AI Based on the Philosophy of the Dignity of Life......Tae Kameda

Blasphemy or Revelation? Artificial Intelligence and the Reproduction of the Dead and Saints......Shigeki Moro

Dialogue between Buddhism and Islam

Islam, Peace, and Harmonious Coexistence: The Quran’s Perspective......Osman Bakar

The Evolution of Belief Systems: A Journey through Human Thought and Spiritual Discovery......Nurul Ain Norman

The Philosophy of the Lotus Sutra and the Significance of Dialogue between Civilizations......Ryohei Tanaka

Building a Network of Harmonious Coexistence: Reflections on Dr. Daisaku Ikeda’s Philosophy of Peace......Christopher Chiong-Meng Boey

Column: Silk Road (7)

Scented Journey with the Wind......Tsugusato Omura

Book Review

The Japan Society for Jewish Studies ed. (Hiroshi Ichikawa as principal editor), Encyclopedia of Jewish Culture (Maruzen Publishing, 2024)......Kenji Matsuo

Research Memo

Buddhist Scholar O.O. Rosenberg......Yumi Ninomiya