David W. Chappell

David Wellington Chappell (1940–2004) was a professor of Buddhist studies whose specialties were Chinese Buddhist traditions (esp. Tiantai) and interreligious dialogue. After receiving a B.A. from Mount Allison University and a B.D. from McGill University, he completed a Ph.D. in the history of religions at Yale University. His subsequent teaching career included three decades as a professor of religion at the University of Hawaii, where he founded the journal Buddhist-Christian Studies in 1981, edited it through 1985, then helped found the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies in 1987.

After retiring from the University of Hawaii, he taught comparative studies at Soka University of America and was actively engaged in Buddhist-Muslim dialogue in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Selected publications

Editor:

• (With Michael Saso) Buddhist and Taoist Studies ("Asian Studies at Hawaii" series), two volumes, University Press of Hawaii (Honolulu, HI), 1977.
• (And author of introduction) Chèegwan, T'ien-t'ai Buddhism: An Outline of the Fourfold Teachings, compiled by Masao Ichishima, Daiichi-Shobo (Tokyo, Japan), 1983.
• Buddhist and Taoist Practice in Medieval Chinese Society ("Buddhist and Taoist Studies" series), University of Hawaii Press (Honolulu, HI), 1987.
• Unity in Diversity: Hawaii's Buddhist Communities, 1997.
• Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace, Wisdom Publications (Somerville, MA), 1999.
• (With Majid Tehranian) Dialogue of Civilizations: A New Peace Agenda for a New Millennium ("Global Peace and Policy" series), I. B. Tauris (New York, NY), 2002.
• Founding editor of Buddhist-Christian Studies Journal.

Articles:

• Chappell, David W. (1987). 'Is Tendai Buddhism Relevant to the Modern World?' in Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 1987 14/2-3. Archived: [1]

Sources

• Muck, Terry C., et al. "In Memoriam: David Wellington Chappell (1940-2004)." Buddhist-Christian Studies, vol. 25, 2005, p. v-ix. Project MUSE, https://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2005.0061.
• CHAPPELL, David W. 1940-2004, encyclopedia.com

External links

• David Chappell, 64; Scholar Applied Buddhism to Peace Efforts, Los Angeles Times
• David Chappell, 64; Scholar Applied Buddhism to Peace Efforts, Urban Dharma
• David W. Chappell, Wikipedia