Conflict and Collaboration Between Ethics and Religion: Comparative Studies Centered on the Mixture of Hebraism and Hellenism

• Project/Area Number: 26580001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Philosophy/Ethics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SEKINE Seizou 東京大学, 人文社会系研究科, 教授 (90179341)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SHORT J. Randall 東京基督教大学, 神学部, 教授 (00448937) ; TAKAHASHI Masahito 神戸女学院大学, 文学部, 教授 (90309427)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 倫理 / 宗教 / ヘブライズム / ヘレニズム / 旧約聖書 / 神 / ダビデ / プラトン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The academic distinctiveness of this research project has been to demonstrate the potential for collaboration between ethics and religion, which are often thought to be pitted in conflict, through examining the religious foundations of ethics. The principal investigator sought to relate this to the Old and New Testaments within the Jewish and Christian contexts, and to strengthen the philosophical foundation of this collaboration through Nishida’s later philosophy. The academic significance of this research has been to lay a foundation upon which to shine new philosophical light in this present age that is marked by ethical confusion and the rush to religious conflicts. The principal investigator continues to present his research results internationally.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 旧新約聖書の一断面 －「命」という視座からー （続） (2016)
  • Author(s): 関根清三
  • Journal Title: 倫理学紀要 Volume: 23 Pages: 1-29
• [Journal Article] 合唱音楽への崇高な召し (2016)
  • Author(s): ランドル・ショート
  • Journal Title: 礼拝・音楽研究 Volume: 65 Pages: 29-44
• [Journal Article] ヘンデル『メサイア』第II部 メシアの受難から王の王としての即位まで～ 音楽に表されている福音 (2016)
  • Author(s): ランドル・ショート
  • Journal Title: 礼拝・音楽研究 Volume: 65 Pages: 87-104
• [Journal Article] 旧新約聖書の一断面 －「命」という視座からー (2015)
  • Author(s): 関根清三
  • Journal Title: 『倫理学紀要』 Volume: 22 Pages: 1-23
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Presentation] Early Christian Interpretations of Psalm 51:4[6] (2016)
  • Author(s): Randall Short
  • Organizer: The Society of Biblical Literature 2016 International Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul (South Korea)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Theologies and Ethics of Repentance in Modern Interpretations of Psalm 51:4[6] (2016)
  • Author(s): Randall Short
  • Organizer: The Society of Biblical Literature 2016 International Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul (South Korea)
  • Year and Date: 2016-07-03
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 西田哲学と旧約聖書 －アケーダー解釈を中心に－ (2015)
  • Author(s): 関根清三
  • Organizer: 東西宗教交流学会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都パレスサイドホテル（京都府・京都市）
  • Year and Date: 2015-08-06
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 'Why is weeping sweet?: Book 4 of Augustine’s Confession' (2014)
  • Author(s): Masahito TAKAHASHI
  • Organizer: ASIA-PACIFIC EARLY CHRISTIAN STUDIES SOCIETY 9th Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 東洋英和女学院大学（神奈川県横浜市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-05
• [Book] Philosophy Documentation Center, (2015)
  • Author(s): Seizo Sekine, Konstantine Boudouris, Costas Dimitracopoulos, Evangelos Protopapadakis, et al.
  • Total Pages: 437
  • Publisher: Selected Papers from the XXIII World Congress of Philosophy: Philosophy as Inquiry and Way of Life
• [Book] 内在と超越の閾－加藤信朗米寿記念哲学論文集 (2015)
  • Author(s): 土橋茂樹、納富信留、栗原裕次、金澤修、瀧章次、萩原理、田中伸司、田坂さつき、高橋雅人、一色裕、神崎繁、出村和彦、千葉惠、川出良枝、ムケンゲシャイ・マタタ
  • Total Pages: 289
  • Publisher: 知泉書館
• [Book] Hebrew Bible / Old Testament. The History of Its Interpretation: Volume III/2:The Twentieth Century (2015)
  • Author(s): Seizo SEKINE
  • Total Pages: 777
  • Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht