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Janice Dean Willis, or Jan Willis (born 1948) is Professor of Religion at Wesleyan University, where she has taught since 1977; and the author of books on Tibetan Buddhism. She has been called influential by ''Time Magazine'',〔December 2000; Willis was named as one of six "Spiritual innovators for the new millennium"〕 ''Newsweek'' (cover story),〔"Spirituality in America," 2005.〕〔(Tibetan Buddhism: Learning To Let Go - Newsweek and The Daily Beast )〕〔(Tibetan Buddhism: Learning to Let Go; After college, this child of Jim Crow went to Nepal, where she found the divine within and made peace with her past. (Jan Willis)(Cover Story ...) )〕 and ''Ebony Magazine''.〔May 2007 issue cites her as one of the 150 most influential African Americans (one of sixteen religious leaders so named).〕 Aetna Inc.’s 2011 African American History Calendar features professor Willis as one of thirteen distinguished leaders of faith-based health initiatives in the United States.〔(Biography - Aetna African American Calendar 2011 )〕〔(Profile - Aetna African American Calendar 2011 )〕〔(Aetna’s 2011 African American History Calendar Highlights Leaders of Faith-Based Health Initiatives | Business Wire )〕〔(AETNA NEW : Aetna's 2011 African American History Calendar Highlights Leaders of Faith-Based Health Initiatives | 4-Traders )〕 Willis grew up in Docena, Alabama (near Birmingham), as the daughter of a Baptist deacon and steelworker. While traveling through Asia during the early 1970s, she became the student of Tibetan lama Thubten Yeshe, who encouraged her academic pursuits. She received BA and MA degrees in philosophy from Cornell University (thesis: ''History, Faith, and Kerygma; A Critique of Bultmann's Existentialist Theology.''), and a Ph.D. in Indic and Buddhist Studies from Columbia University (dissertation: ''A Study of the Chapter on Reality Based Upon the Tattvartha-patalam of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi.''). She is the author of the following books: : *''Dreaming Me: An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey.'' New York: Riverhead Books, 2001. : *''The Diamond Light: An Introduction to Tibetan Buddhist Meditation.'' New York: Simon & Schuster, 1972. : *''On Knowing Reality: The Tattvartha Chapter of Asanga's Bodhisattvabhumi.'' Columbia UP, 1979. : *''Enlightened Beings: Life Stories from the Ganden Oral Tradition.'' Wisdom Publications, 1995. : *''Feminine Ground: Essays on Women and Tibet.'' (Editor, and contributor of two of six, essays) Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1989. Since 2006 she has contributed to the group blog ''On Faith'' (sponsored by ''Newsweek'' and the ''Washington Post'') alongside Elie Wiesel, Desmond Tutu, and Madeline Albright, among others. In 2003, she was awarded Wesleyan University’s Binswanger Prize for Excellence in Teaching. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jan Willis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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