Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Johnston, William, Fr., S.J.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Johnston, William, Fr., S.J., 1925-2010
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. William Johnston
- Johnston, William, 1925-
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1925-2010
History
Fr. William Johnston is an Irish Jesuit and scholar in the realm of mysticism and the East-West dialog. Since 1951, he has lived in Japan and was a professor at Sophia University in Tokyo while writing to Merton. Since 1967, he has written a number of books on mysticism and the Christian encounter with Zen.