Curtis Andrew Rigsby is an Associate Professor of Comparative Thought and Philosophy at Hiroshima University in Japan, where he teaches in the School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, World Studies Group. He is fluent in English, Japanese, Chinese, German, and Greek. His current positions include being a faculty member at the University of Guam, a faculty member at Hiroshima University, and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. His research and study areas include religions, comparative religions, Japanese studies, philosophy, comparative philosophy, theology, and Chinese studies. His recent research is a study of the “Analytical Theology” project at the University of Notre Dame. In his research, he has critiqued various narratives from Asian traditions. He has also researched the common grounds for comparing Asian and Western traditions and has challenged Western distortions in Asian traditions. Despite the historical and interpretive aspects of his research, his research is primarily philosophical and involves critical examination of intercultural and global themes in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, semiotics of religions, and world religious traditions.
Academic Papers
- “An Evidentialist Critique of Evangelical Christian Treatments of Non-Christian Religion: A Prolegomena to Dialogue”, Philosophia Christi, 16(2)
- Three Strands of Nothingness in the Kyoto School & Chinese Philosophy: A Summary & Evaluation, Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, 13(4), 469-491
- 2017/03/30, Globalizing Japanese Philosophy as an Academic Discipline, Part I, pages 81-114 “Constructing a Course in Japanese Philosophy”, V&R Unipress, 2017, 3, Joint work, 9783847106906, 3847106902, 285
- Invited Lecture, Oral Presentation, Poster Presentation
- Psychology & Culture as Avenues Toward the Transcendent: the Society of Christian Philosophers in Japan, 2020/01/09, With Invitation, English, Setouchi Philosophy Forum / Hiroshima University / Society of Christian Philosophers
- Interfaith Dialogue East & West: ancient & modern approaches in Abrahamic & Dharmic religions, 2019/09/16, With Invitation, English, Azusa University Theology
- Shusaku Endo’s Silence in Martin Scorsese’s film, 2019/09/10, With Invitation, English, Biola University Philosophy
- The Semiotics of Science, Myth, & Salvation, 2019/06/29, With Invitation, Japanese, Setouchi Philosophy Forum / Hiroshima University
- The Dialectic of Nature and Culture: Economics, Science, and Spirituality, both East and West, 2019/01/04, With Invitation, English, Center for Process Studies
- Constructing a Course in Japanese Philosophy, 2017/06/29, Without Invitation, English, National Taiwan Normal University
- Christianity and the global course of Japanese Philosophy, 2017/06/21, With Invitation, Japanese, Kwansei Gakuin University School of Business
Course in Charge
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Introduction to Japanese Thought
- 2023, Liberal Arts Education Program1, 4Term, Japanese Religion B
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Research Tutorial IIB
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Comparative Thought
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 4Term, Seminar in Comparative Thought
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Japanese Buddhism
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 1Term, Japanese Buddhism
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Invitation to World Literature
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Japanese Religious Culture I
- 2023, Undergraduate Education, 3Term, Japanese Religious Culture II
- 2023, Graduate Education (Master’s Program) , 3Term, Comparative History of Religious Thought
