James C. Dobbins
James Carter Dobbins (1949– ) is an American academic, Japanologist and professor of religion and East Asian studies at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio.
Early life
In 1971, Dobbins was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree at Rhodes College. He earned a Master of Arts at Yale University in 1976; and was granted a Ph.D. at Yale in 1984.
Career
Dobbins is the James H Fairchild Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin.
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about James Dobbins, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 8 works in 20+ publications in 3 languages and 700+ library holdings.
The Emergence of Orthodoxy: a Historical Study of Heresy in the Early Jōdo Shinshū (1984)
From Inspiration to Institution: The Rise of Sectarian Identity in Jōdo shinshū (1986)
Jōdo Shinshū: Shin Buddhism in Medieval Japan (1989)
恵信尼の書簡: 仏教に生きた中世の女性 (1989)
The Legacy of Kuroda Toshio (1996)
Letters of the Nun Eshinni: Images of Pure Land Buddhism in Medieval Japan (2004)