Rev. James L. Fredericks Professor of Theological Studies Department of Theological Studies Loyola Marymount University 1 LMU Drive, Suite 3700 Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659, USA Office: University Hall 3765 Email: jfrederi@lmu.edu Phone: (310) 338-2857 Fax: (310) 338-1947

Professional Bio
Jim Fredericks is a Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of San Francisco and a faculty member in the Department of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount University. He is a specialist in inter-religious dialogue, especially the dialogue between Buddhism and Christianity, and has lectured internationally in Japan, China, India, Iran, and Europe. He was a Senior Fulbright Research Scholar in Kyoto, Japan, and held the Numata Chair in Buddhism and Culture at Ryukoku University in Kyoto. For many years, he has been a member of the Los Angeles Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue Group and the Bay Area Zen/Chan-Catholic Dialogue Group. In addition to many articles, he is the author of Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and the Non-Christian Religions (Paulist Press) and Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to a New Solidarity (Orbis Books). His work has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish and Catalan.
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Selected Publications
Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and the Non-Christian Religions (Paulist Press)

Buddhists and Christians: Through Comparative Theology to a New Solidarity (Orbis Books)

“Abe Masao: A Friendship.” The Best American Spiritual Writing of 2004 Philip Zaleveski ed. (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2004), pp. 58-69.

“Nothing that is Good and True: The Catholic Church and the Other Religious Paths.” Theological Studies, 64 (2003), pp. 225-254.
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