August Karl Reischauer
August Karl Reischauer ( Japanese オ ー ガ ス ト ・ カ ー ル ・ ラ イ シ ャ ワ ー ; * September 4, 1879 ; † July 10, 1971 ) was an American Presbyterian missionary who is best known for his work in Japan .
life and work
August Karl Reischauer was born in Jonesboro , Illinois . He graduated from Hanover College in 1902 and from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1905 before moving to Japan.
His interest in the relationship between Christianity and the other religions led to the publication "Studies in Japanese Buddhism" in 1917. He also worked to eliminate duplication of missionary activities and to consolidate the church seminaries. In 1918 he founded the "Tōkyō Women's Christian College", now Tōkyō Women's Christian University and in 1920, together with his wife, the school for the deaf and mute "Nihon Rōwa Gakkō" (日本 聾 話 学校).
Reischauer left Japan in 1941 and taught comparative religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York City for a number of years .
His second son, Edwin O. Reischauer , was a well-known Japanologist and from 1961 to 1966 the United States Ambassador to Japan.
Published monographs
- Studies in Japanese Buddhism (1917)
- The Task in Japan: A Study of Modern Missionary Imperatives (1926)
- Ōjōy ōshū - Collected Essays on Birth into Paradise (1930) (Translation)
Remarks
- ↑ Ōjōyōshū (往生 要 集) was written in 985 by the Buddhist monk Genshin (源 信; 942-1017).
literature
- S. Noma (Ed.): Reischauer, August Karl . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1250.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reischauer, August Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American missionary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jonesboro, Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 10, 1971 |