| 1930 |
Born in Yamanashi Prefecture |
1944〜
|
He chose to be transferred to Suwa Junior High
School in Nagano Prefecture. Here, he encountered a number of very distinguished
teachers and friends, some of them even conveyed their anti-war messages
in the midst of the stormy militarism dominating over Japan in those days.
They greatly influenced Mr. Takao as a young boy and fostered his intellectual
and spiritual growth |
1950〜
|
Though he started his college life as a medical
student, he was given an opportunity to study in the USA at Abilene Christian
University in Texas. After graduating from this quite fundamentalistic institution,
he further studied at Colombia University and Union Theological Seminary. |
|
1959
|
Completed the course of MA at Tokyo Union Theological
Seminary and continued his study in the doctoral course. |
1959〜
|
After teaching at Ibaraki Christian College,
Nagoya Gakuin University and Kanto Gakuin University, he was invited by
Hosei University, one of the five biggest universities in Tokyo and taught
there ethics, German language, and sociology of religion at the Faculty
of Social Sciences. |
|
1985〜
|
He was invited by an adult class organized
by an NGO named Kanagawa CO-OP in Shin-yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture to
give series of lectures on religious phenomena in modern societies, which
are still under way as seen from this website. |
| 2001 |
Retired from Hosei University with the title
of Professor Emeritus |
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