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Thomas Forsthoefel is a professor of religious studies at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania, as well as a poet and author.〔(Biography ), Dalai Lama film〕 He has a special interest in Hinduism and Buddhism and has written on both new religious movements and established traditions within these faiths, while his own background is Roman Catholic. He is married to Beth Gylys, professor of English and Creative Writing at Georgia State University and a fellow poet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Singers perform poetry in 'Matchbook' )〕 In 1999, Forsthoefel met the 14th Dalai Lama while attending a conference of scholars in India. In 2008 he edited an anthology of the Dalai Lama's writings and contributed to a documentary film on him.〔 In 2010, Forsthoefel was named Poet Laureate of Erie County, Pennsylvania. He said that he was going to use that position to promote a program to introduce poetry to people incarcerated in local prisons.〔(Forsthoefel named Poet Laureate ), Mercyhurst College〕 His tenure as poet laureate was renewed for 2011. In 2011, ''The New York Times'' quoted Forsthoefel concerning the high school from which he had graduated, Fordson High School of Detroit, and its overnight football practices to accommodate Muslim students fasting for Ramadan: ==Published works== Forsthoefel's published books include:〔(Google Books )〕 *''Four charismatic thinkers on violence and non-violence: analysis and evaluation'' (Loyola University of Chicago, 1987) *''Epistemologies of religious experience in medieval and modern Vedānta'' (University of Chicago Divinity School), 1998) *''Knowing beyond knowledge: epistemologies of religious experience in classical and modern Advaita'' (Ashgate, 2002) *''Gurus in America'' co-editor with Cynthia Ann Humes (SUNY Press, 2005) *''Soulsong: Seeking Holiness, Coming Home'' (Orbis Books, 2006) *''The Dalai Lama: essential writings'' editor (Orbis Books, 2008) 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「Thomas Forsthoefel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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