CONTRIBUTOR:

Kieko Obuse

AFFILIATION:

TITLE:

Lecturer

DEPARTMENT:

College of Religious Studies

INSTITUTION:

Mahidol University

BIOGRAPHY:

Kieko Obuse is Lecturer at the College of Religious Studies, Mahidol University, Thailand. She holds a doctorate in the Study of Religion from the University of Oxford, UK. Kieko’s research interests include Buddhist-Muslim relations and Islam in Japan. She is currently conducting a research on the activities of ethnic Japanese Muslims, for which she is receiving a Grant in Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI, project number: 26770027), from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Kieko’s main publications include "Muslim Doctrine of Prophethood in the Context of Buddhist-Muslim Relations in Japan: Is the Buddha a Prophet?" The Muslim World 100, nos. 2-3 (2010): 215-32, and “Theology of Religions in the Context of Buddhist-Muslim Relations” in Yusuf, Imtiyaz, ed., ASEAN Religious Pluralism: The Challenges of Building a Socio-Cultural Community (Bangkok: Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, 2014), 72-85.