『東洋学術研究』英語版第32号では特集「人間性の危機を乗り越えて」として、多岐にわたる分野の学識者が「人間」に焦点をあて紛争、疫病、教育、難民などの問題を論じる。また「地球的危機の『挑戦』と宗教・文明の『応戦』」では、当研究所第36回学術大会シンポジウムの発表内容を収め、半世紀前に交わされた歴史家トインビー博士と創価学会インタナショナル池田会長の対話の今日的意義が見出される。さらにはアジア仏教の経典・歴史・美術に関する寄稿を収載している。 CONTENTS Feature: Overcoming the Crisis of Humanity Navigating Hard Times: Civilian Strategic Action Amidst Political Violence Shane J. Barter / Tetsushi Ogata........ 4 Epidemics, Matter, Significance, and Responsibility Ian Read.................................. 25 Global Wisdom: The Antidote to Magical Thinking Maria Guajardo....................... 50 Education for Refugees from Conflict Zones and their Integration into German Society Barbara Drinck ....................... 69 Religion and Civilization in ‘Response’ to the ‘Challenge’ of a Global Crisis From the Symposium in Conjunction with the 36th Annual Academic Conference of the IOP The Historical Context of Choose Life Junichi Kasuga........................ 90 On the Nature of Crisis in Our Time: Transmission from the Toynbee-Ikeda Dialogue Yutaka Ishigami...................... 108 Esho Funi as a Philosophy of Coexistence: An Analysis of ‘Dialogue for the 21st Century’ from the Perspective of Comparative Civilizational Studies Shunji Hosaka......................... 125 Toward the ‘Second Axial Age’ -The Spiritual Revolution of Humanity and Self-transformation Hiroshi Ichikawa..................... 147 Contributions: Buddhist Studies Dhāraṇī of Pure Radiance (VIŚUDDHA-PRABHĀ) Lokesh Chandra...................... 162 The Wugou jingguang da tuoluoni jing (Sutra of the Great Dhāraṇī of Pure Light) and Its Role in the Religious Policy of Chinese and Japanese Empresses (Wu Zetian and Koken [Shotoku-tenno]) in the Seventh–Eighth Century Elena Lepekhova..................... 193 The Tilting Stream of Dharma Metaphor in Mahāyāna Buddhist Exegesis James B. Apple........................ 207 Akṣobhya: The Buddha of Steadfastness in Sanskrit Texts and Tibetan and Chinese Art Shashibala............................... 228