Richard Evanoff is originally from Massillon, Ohio, USA but has lived in Japan for most of his adult life. He teaches intercultural communication and international ethics in the School of International Politics, Economics, and Communication at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Evanoff is a member of various academic associations related to intercultural philosophy and environmental ethics, and has published widely in these fields. He has been active in literary circles in Tokyo as an editor and writer, and is the author of numerous literary works, including a novel, short stories, and poetry. He is also a community organizer and environmental activist, and has been involved with Buddhist, Shinto, and Christian religious groups.
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Books
Chapters
Articles
Features
Fiction
Poetry
Editing
Talks
Songs
Biodata
Only a selection of currently available publications and videos are included here. For complete lists see "List of Publications" and “List of Presentations” in the Biodata section. Copyright © 2024 by Richard Evanoff
Books
One with the Father: A Novel of Mysticism, Heresy, and Rebellion in the Middle Ages (Eugene: Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock, 2023)
When Justin escapes the comfortable medieval estate his overbearing father has kept him sheltered in to pursue the servant girl he has fallen in love with, he finds himself caught up in a social order torn between extremes of wealth and poverty, feudal hierarchy and peasant revolts, ecclesiastical corruption and monastic piety, gross injustices and boundless mercy. The mid-fourteenth century was a time not only of burgeoning towns, majestic cathedrals, and nascent universities, but also of debauchery and violence, the Black Death and Inquisition, torture and ordeals. In his encounters with noblemen and peasants, alchemists and hermits, monks and heretics, knights and revolutionaries, prostitutes and miscreants from the medieval underworld, Justin comes to realize that he is entirely on his own as he confronts his personal moral failings and struggles to find faith in a world where God no longer seems to exist. "A saint is simply someone who has become an ordinary person. It's the rest of us who are extraordinary." — The prior in One with the Father. (Press “LEARN MORE” to order from the publisher. Also available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Rakuten, and other distributors.)
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Bioregionalism and Global Ethics: A Transactional Approach to Achieving Ecological Sustainability, Social Justice, and Human Well-being (New York: Routledge, 2011)
Current trends towards globalization require cross-cultural dialogue on a "global ethic." The transactional approach to ethics developed in Bioregionalism and Global Ethics seeks to maximize ecological sustainability, social justice, and human well-being in the context of decentralized bioregional communities confederated at appropriate levels to address problems that transcend cultural borders. Press "LEARN MORE" to order.
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A Butterfly's Dreams: Short fiction by Richard Evanoff (forthcoming from Edge Press)
Fabulist short stories in the ongoing tradition of Franz Kafka, Hermann Hesse, and Edgar Allan Poe. "A man dreaming that he is a butterfly might be pleasant. A butterfly dreaming that he is a man is something altogether different."
Transformations: Collected poems of Richard Evanoff (forthcoming from Edge Press)
Ovid wrote the Metamorphoses. Franz Kafka wrote Die Verwandlung. Richard Evanoff has written Transformations. "When I sit / doing nothing / I grow / like these weeds: / a little each day / imperceptibly."
Make It or Break It: The Future of Our Environment (Tokyo: Sanshusha, 1999)
Textbook for students of English as a Foreign Language. Co-authored with Steve Hesse, Charles Paxton, and Hugh Paxton. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Thinking About the Environment (Tokyo: Macmillan Language House, 1996)
Textbook for students of English as a Foreign Language. Out of print.
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American Thinking (Tokyo: Seibido, 1987) - Copy
Textbook for students of English as a Foreign Language. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Convivenze Ambigue: Culture differenti e valori comuni?
Evanoff, Richard (2022). “A Constructivist Approach to Intercultural Norms.” Convivenze Ambigue: Culture differenti e valori comuni? Colle di Val d’Elsa: Fondazione Intercultura, pp. 129–155. (Proceedings of the Living Together with Ambiguities Conference sponsored by Fondazione Intercultura in Florence Italy, September 2–4, 2021). (A bilingual book in Italian and English). Press “LEARN MORE” to view.
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The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication
Evanoff, Richard (2020). “Introducing Intercultural Ethics.” In The Cambridge Handbook of Intercultural Communication. Ed. Guido Rings and Sebastian Rasinger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 187–201. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Legacies of Love, Peace, and Hope: How Education Can Overcome Hatred and Divide
Evanoff, Richard (2020). “Metaphilosophy and Intercultural Dialogue on Bioethics.” In Legacies of Love, Peace, and Hope: How Education Can Overcome Hatred and Divide. Ed. Darryl R. J. Macer. Christchurch: Eubios Ethics Institute, pp. 43–55. Press “LEARN MORE” to view.
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Companion to Environmental Studies
Evanoff, Richard (2018). "Bioregionalism." In Companion to Environmental Studies. Ed. Noel Castree, Mike Hulme, and James D. Proctor. London: Routledge, pp. 13–16. Press "LEARN MORE" to order.
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The Biosphere and the Bioregion: Essential Writings of Peter Berg
Evanoff, Richard (2015). "Bioregionalism Comes to Japan: An Interview with Peter Berg." In Peter Berg, The Biosphere and the Bioregion: Essential Writings of Peter Berg. Ed. Cheryll Glotfelty and Eve Quesnel. London: Routledge, pp. 138–148. Reprinted from Japan Environment Monitor 97–98:1, 4–7 (1998). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Intercultural Communication: A Reader, 14th edition
Evanoff, Richard (2015). “A Communicative Approach to Intercultural Dialogue on Ethics.” In Intercultural Communication: A Reader. In Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, and Edwin R. McDaniel. 14th edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, pp. 417–421. (Also published in the 13th edition, pp. 476–480.) Reprinted from Foreign Language Education Center, First Part, Faculty Development, Record of Activities 2003–2005. Hiratsuka: Tokai University, pp. 14–18 (2007). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Intercultural Discourse: Key and Contested Concepts
Evanoff, Richard (2012). “Integration.” In Intercultural Discourse: Key and Contested Concepts. Ed. Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach, Gita Dharampal-Frick, and Minou Friele. München: Verlag Karl Alber, pp. 139–145. (A bilingual book in German and English). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Intercultural Communication: A Reader, 12th edition
Evanoff, Richard (2009). “Integration in Intercultural Ethics.” In Intercultural Communication: A Reader. In Larry A. Samovar, Richard E. Porter, and Edwin R. McDaniel. 12th edition. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, pp. 447–459. Reprinted from International Journal of Intercultural Relations 30(4):421–437 (2006). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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International Ethics (Sage Library of International Relations)
Evanoff, Richard (2009). “Bioregionalism and Cross-Cultural Dialogue on a Land Ethic.” In Ethics and Foreign Policy. Vol. 4 of International Ethics. Ed. Mervyn Frost. Los Angeles: Sage, 2011, pp. 429–446. Reprinted from Ethics, Place, and Environment 10(2):141–156 (2007). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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International Communication in the 21st Century
Evanoff, Richard (1999). “Towards a Constructivist Theory of Intercultural Dialogue.” In International Communication in the 21st Century. Ed. Nobuyuki Honna and Yoshiki Kano. Tokyo: Sanseido, pp. 109–153. Out of print.
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The Sacred Mountains of Asia
Evanoff, Richard (1995). “The Empowerment of Mountains.” In The Sacred Mountains of Asia. Ed. John Einarsen. Boston and London: Shambhala, pp. 145–149. Reprinted from Kyoto Journal 25:145–159 (1993). Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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環境思想の系譜 [An Anthology of Environmental Ideas]
Evanoff, Richard (1995). "Jinrui-shi to Kankyo-shisou" ["Human History and Environmental Ideas"], Vol. 1, pp. 8–31; "Seiji to Kankyo-shisou" ["Politics and Environmental Ideas"], Vol. 2, pp. 8–31; "Keizai Paradaimu no Saikou" ["Rethinking Economic Paradigms"], Vol. 2, pp. 112–134; "Shuukyo, Geijitsu to Kankyo-kan" ["Religion, Art, and Environmental Views"], Vol. 3, pp. 200–226. In Kankyou Shisou no Keifu [An Anthology of Environmental Ideas]. Three volumes. Ed. Hideo Obara. Tokyo: Tokai University Press. In Japanese. Press "LEARN MORE" to order.
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地球と環境教育 [Earth and Environmental Education]
Evanoff, Richard (1993). "Kankyou Tetsugaku Nyumon" ["An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy"]. In Chikyu to Kankyou Kyoiku (Earth and Environmental Education). Vol. 4. Ed. Eiji Fujiwara. Tokyo: Tokai University Press, pp. 182–208. In Japanese. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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A Handbook For Teaching English at Japanese Colleges and Universities
Evanoff, Richard (1993). “Making a Career of University Teaching in Japan,” pp. 15–26; “The Case Against Evaluating Students,” pp. 130–131. In A Handbook For Teaching English at Japanese Colleges and Universities. Ed. Paul Wadden. New York: Oxford University Press. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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A Guide to Teaching English in Japan
Evanoff, Richard (1985). “Teaching Opportunities Outside of the Japanese Educational System,” pp. 199–211; “Teaching English to Japanese Adults,” pp. 213–230. In A Guide to Teaching English in Japan. Ed. Charles B. Wordell. Tokyo: The Japan Times. Press “LEARN MORE” to order.
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Only a selection of currently available articles are included here. For a complete list see "List of Publications" in the Biodata section.
Features
Only a selection of currently available features are included here. For a complete list see "List of Publications" in the Biodata section.
Fiction
Poetry
Versions of some of these poems have appeared in Akitsu Quarterly, Asahi Haikuist Network, Bamboo Hut, Bottle Rockets, Cattails, Cicada’s Cry, Dream International Quarterly, Duality, Edge, Fireflies’ Light, Green Horizon, Hedgerow, Helicon, Hummingbird, Mercurius, Mind in Motion, Noon, Pegasus, Poets for Africa, Presence, Printed Matter, Psychopoetica, Seashores, Soul-Lit, Tin Wreath, Tokyo Poetry Journal, Wormwood Review, World’s Edge, World Haiku, and The Zen Space, among other publications.
Editing
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Only a selection of available lectures and interviews are included here. For a complete list see "List of Presentations" in the Bio section. Click "Learn More" to access the videos.
One with the Father: A Novel of Mysticism, Heresy, and Rebellion in the Middle Ages
What the novel is about and why I wrote it
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TEDx Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan. March 3, 2016.
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Interviewed by Pawel Kuczynski at the 11th World Congress of the International Society for Universal Dialogue (ISUD). Polish Academy of Sciences. Warsaw, Poland. July 12, 2016.
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Presentation given at the Joint AUSN-Tohoku University Bioethics Roundtable: Cross-cultural Bioethics in a Broken World. Tohoku University. Sendai, Japan. August 24, 2019.
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Presentation given at the Joint American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN)–Space Alta Workshop on Bioethics, Technology, and Indigenous Peoples in Yokohama, Japan. April 15, 2018.
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Representing U.S. Greens Abroad at a panel discussion on the 2016 Presidential Election held at Temple University Japan on October 14, 2016.
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Part 1 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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Part 2 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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Part 3 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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Part 4 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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Part 5 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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Part 6 of an interview for Aogaku TV about Richard Evanoff's seminar on Intercultural Ethics at Aoyama Gakuin University. March 2020.
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