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James P. Buchanan, Ph.D. is co-creator of the exhibit, “A Blessing to One
Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People.” Since the premier at Xavier
University in May 2005, Buchanan has managed the exhibit’s national tour.
In February, Buchanan will attend the opening of the exhibit at Union Station.
Buchanan will also present “Responding to Globalization: The New Challenges for
Interfaith Dialogue in the 21st Century” as part of the Harry S. Truman Lecture Series.
The lecture will be held on February 3 as part of the exhibit’s opening night events.
Buchanan was educated at Yale University and University of Chicago where he
completed a Ph.D. in comparative religions and comparative value systems. He has also
studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, The University of Moscow, and the University of
Beijing. His research has focused upon the application of cultural values to the
environmental and social impacts of technologies. He has taught at Bucknell Univeristy,
University of Chicago, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Beijing University, and Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology. From 1995-2000 he held the Carolyn
Werner Gannett Chair in Ethics and Humanities at The Rochester Institute of
Technology. In 2000 he became the first Besl Family Chair for Ethics/Religion and Society
at Xavier University. From 2003 to the present he has been the director of the Edward B.
Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier.
The Brueggeman Center is dedicated to fostering dialogue on the critical issues
of our day, engaging not only in interfaith dialogue, but also engaging the other
academic disciplines, the business community, government and the civic sector. In the
few years of its existence it has hosted scholars, diplomats and religious dignitaries from
over 35 countries; has sponsored over 50 programs, conferences, lectures and
workshops; is working on book publication projects; has partnered with local
organizations as well as national and international organizations on projects from
interfaith dialogue, confronting mortality, China and globalization and the Use of
American Power in the 21st Century; has managed the national tour of a major interfaith
exhibit: “A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People,” and has
sent Brueggeman Student Fellows to 16 countries where they have worked on projects
ranging from interfaith dialogue, religious minorities, microfinance, HIV-AIDs, women’s
health issues, fair trade and free trade, political change in Nepal, the status of women in
Iran, and primary education in developing countries, to name only a few.
Buchanan has served on numerous editorial boards and delivered over 200
lectures and talks worldwide on issues ranging such as comparative values, China and
Chinese thought, ecology and biotechnology. He has been involved in NGO work all over
the world including being an advisor to negotiations at the United Nation Conference on
Environment and Development (in biotechnology), a board member of Friends of the
Earth, the Council for Responsible Genetics, the Prince of Wales Business Leaders Forum
and a variety of other organizations. He has published articles and books on the topics
ranging from comparative ethics to the social and environmental impacts of
technological change. His forthcoming book is entitled “Wagers Into the Abyss: Ethics
and in an Age of Globalization.”
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