Tenri University and University of Marburg Hold International Symposium

An international symposium entitled “Prayer as Interaction” was held from September 5 to 7 in Marburg, Germany, as a joint project by Tenri University and the University of Marburg (Philipps-Universität Marburg). The symposium was attended by 10 scholars from each university including Tenri University President Taketo Hashimoto, Dr. Martin Kraatz,…

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Tenri Univ. Researcher Gives Public Lecture on “The Mind Alone Is the Truth of Oneself”

Tenri University’s Oyasato Institute for the Study of Religion is marking the year of the 120th Anniversary of Oyasama–formally observed on January 26–by presenting a public lecture series entitled “Tenrikyo’s Cosmology and Modern Society.” The fifth lecture in the series, which drew 127 people, was delivered on May 25 by…

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Tenri University Celebrates Its 80th Anniversary

On April 23, a ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of Tenri University was conducted in its first gymnasium in the presence of the Shinbashira and his wife, as well as the former Shinbashira. Drawing some 800 people including students, teachers, and those concerned within and outside Tenrikyo, the ceremony began…

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Tenri University Implements New Structure

After three years of planning and preparation, Tenri University’s new structure officially began on April 1, when 900 new students arrived. The reorganization was undertaken in an effort to attract students amid intensifying competition due to the nation’s low birth rates. Basing itself on its founding spirit and educational goals,…

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Joint Statement of Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue II

To continue the work of the “Tenrikyo-Christian Dialogue” Symposium held in Rome in 1998, professors of the Pontifical Gregorian University and Tenri University, together with notable representatives of the Catholic Church and of Tenrikyo and researchers from other universities, convened in Tenri on September 28-30, 2002, for the Tenri International…

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