Christopher Ives, PhD, is professor emeritus of Religious Studies at Stonehill College. In his teaching and writing he focuses on Zen ethics and Buddhist approaches to nature and environmental issues. Since his days as an undergraduate in the 1970s he has been practicing Zen, both in Japan and in the United States. His publications include Meditations on the Trail: A Guidebook for Self-Discovery; Zen on the Trail: Hiking as Pilgrimage; Zen Ecology: Green and Engaged Living in Response to the Climate Crisis; Imperial-Way Zen: Ichikawa Hakugen’s Critique and Lingering Questions for Buddhist Ethics; and Zen Awakening and Society. In his spare time he enjoys getting out on the trail and out into the surf.
