| 词条 | Stuart D. B. Picken |
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Picken was born in Glasgow in 1942. At the age of sixteen he entered the University of Glasgow where he studied divinity and philosophy, and completed a doctorate on Christianity and the work of Kant.[1] After being ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1966, he was posted as a minister on Orkney.[1] After visiting Japan on a Rotary Scholarship, in 1972 Picken was appointed Professor of Philosophy at International Christian University in Tokyo, where he remained until 1997.[1] While there, he specialized in ethics and Japanese thought, and in particular shinto, on which he was a noted authority. He was also an adviser on international affairs for the High Priest of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine, and was Director of the Centre for Japanese Studies and Visiting Professor of Japanese Thought at the University of Stirling. He published more than half a dozen books and some 130 articles and papers.[2] From 1997 to 2004,he was the founding Dean of the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Asian Studies at Nagoya University of Commerce & Business, and the founding Dean of the Graduate School Division of Global Business Communication from 2002 to 2004.[1] He was the founding Chairman of the Japan Society of Scotland, and Chairman of the International Advisory Board of The International Academic Forum (IAFOR). After retiring from academia, he came back to Scotland and re-entered the ministry as minister of Blackford in 2005[1][3][4] He was married to Hongwen and had two children, a son and a daughter. He died at the age of 74 on 5 August 2016.[1][5] Works
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|url=http://iafor.org/iafor-chairman-professor-stuart-d-b-picken-passes-away/|title=IAFOR Chairman, Professor Stuart D. B. Picken, Passes Away|publisher=The International Academic Forum|date=10 August 2016|accessdate=22 December 2016}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Picken, Stuart}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://iafor.org/people.html |title=The International Academic Forum |publisher=IAFOR |date= |accessdate=29 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205093047/http://iafor.org/people.html |archivedate=5 February 2012 |df=dmy-all }} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blackfordparishchurch.com/id2.html |title=Our Minister, Elders and Convenors |publisher=Blackfordparishchurch.com |date= |accessdate=29 May 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722205003/http://blackfordparishchurch.com/id2.html|archivedate=22 July 2013}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://ardochparishchurch.org/page27.html |title=Ministers of Ardoch |publisher=Ardochparishchurch.org |date= |accessdate=29 May 2012}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/announcements/deaths/deaths/14670134.Stuart_Picken/|title=Stuart Picken|work=The Herald|date=9 August 2016|accessdate=22 December 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://think.iafor.org/category/featured/death-in-the-japanese-tradition/ |title=Death in the Japanese Tradition |publisher=iafor.org |date= |accessdate=23 September 2016}} 9 : Scottish scholars and academics|Scottish philosophers|Scottish expatriates in Japan|Academics of the University of Stirling|International Christian University faculty|Ministers of the Church of Scotland|People from Glasgow|1942 births|2016 deaths |
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