DR. MARIA REIS HABITO
- Buddhism/Christianity
- Germany
- Female
- United States
- North America
- Museum of World Religions, Taipei, Taiwan, Global Family for Love and Peace (GFLP), Elijah Interfaith Institute, USA, Museum of World Religions, UK
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International Program Director, Museum of World Religions, Taipei, Taiwan
Officer, Global Family for Love and Peace (GFLP)
Director, Elijah Interfaith Institute, USA
Board Member, Museum of World Religions, UK
Maria Reis Habito is the International Program Director of the Museum of World Religions, the Director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute USA, and a Zen Teacher authorized in the Sanbo Zen lineage. She has lived in Taiwan and studied the Chinese language (1979-1981), and in Kyoto, Japan, where she studied the Japanese language. She received her M.A. in Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies and Philosophy in 1985, and completed her Ph.D. at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich in 1990. After teaching at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, she assumed responsibility for the international Interfaith program of the Museum of World Religions in 2002. She joined the Elijah Interfaith Institute in 2003. From her office in Dallas, she has organized many international Interfaith conferences, notably a series of Buddhist-Muslim dialogues sponsored by Dharma Master Hsin Tao, Abbot of Ling Jhou Mountain Monastery in Taiwan, and the Museum of World Religions. Her publications address various issues in Interfaith Dialogue, Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue, Buddhist Christian interactions, as well as themes in spiritual practice in interfaith contexts. She is married and is the mother of two young adult sons. Other positions: - Zen Teacher, Sanbo Zen International Lineage - Consultant, Fetzer Institute Biography as at 02.11.17
Main Publications
- 1.) Reis Habito, Maria, tr. and ed. , The Way of the Heart: Teachings of Dharma Master Hsin Tao : The Way of the Heart: Teachings of Dharma Master Hsin Tao , , 2016
- 2.) Yi, Bhikkhuni Liao, and Maria Reis Habito, ed , Heart to Heart: Buddhist-Muslim Encounters in Ladakh : Buddhist Muslim dialogue : Heart to Heart: Buddhist-Muslim Encounters in Ladakh : Buddhist Muslim dialogue , , 2012
- 3.) Yi, Bhikkhuni Liao and Maria Reis Habito, eds , Listening: Buddhist Muslim Dialogues : Listening: Buddhist Muslim Dialogues , , 2005
- 4.) Reis Habito, Maria and Along Goshen Gottstein, eds , Die Krise des Heiligen : Die Krise des Heiligen , , 2009
- 5.) Reis Habito, Maria, hg. , Weisheit und Barmherzigkeit: Meister Hsin Tao. : Weisheit und Barmherzigkeit: Meister Hsin Tao. , , 2001
- 6.) Reis Habito, Maria , The Notion of Buddha-Nature: An Approach to Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue : The Notion of Buddha-Nature: An Approach to Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue , The Muslim World , 2010
- 7.) Reis Habito, Maria , Master Hsin Tao's Vision: The Museum of World Religions : Master Hsin Tao's Vision: The Museum of World Religions , , 2009
- 8.) Reis Habito, Maria , The Taipei, Taiwan, Museum of World Religions : The Taipei, Taiwan, Museum of World Religions , Buddhist-Christian Studies , 2002
- 9.) Reis Habito, Maria , The Notion of Buddha-Nature: An Approach to Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue : The Notion of Buddha-Nature: An Approach to Buddhist-Muslim Dialogue , The Muslim World , 2010
- 10.) Reis-Habito, Maria , The Bodhisattva Guanyin and the Virgin Mary : The Bodhisattva Guanyin and the Virgin Mary , Buddhist-Christian Studies , 1993
- 11.) Reis Habito, Maria, , The Voice of God on Mount Sinai: Rabbinic Commentaries on Exodus 20:1 in Light of Sufi and Zen-Buddhist Texts (review) : The Voice of God on Mount Sinai: Rabbinic Commentaries on Exodus 20:1 in Light of Sufi and Zen-Buddhist Texts (review) , Buddhist-Christian Studies , 2005