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Steven Heine
Born	1950 (age 74–75)
Education	B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania M.A. and Ph.D. at Temple University
Occupation(s)	Professor of Religious Studies and History Director of Asian Studies
Employer	Florida International University
Organization	Asian Studies Program
Known for	Studies in Zen Buddhist history and thought
Website	religion.fiu.edu/people/faculty/heines.html

Steven Heine (born 1950), is a scholar in the field ofZen Buddhist history and thought,^[1] particularly the life and teachings of Zen MasterDōgen (1200–1253). He has also taught and published extensively onJapanese religion and society in worldwide perspectives.

Heine lectured atVillanova University inReligious Studies from 1982 to 1987. In 1987, he became an assistant professor of religion atLa Salle University and taught there until 1991 when he moved to Penn State University and became an associate professor of Religious Studies. He left Penn State University in 1997 to work as director ofFlorida International University's Asian Studies Program.^[2] Since his arrival at FIU, Heine has expanded Asian Studies and helped facilitate its growth at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program also has an extensive outreach component. He is editor of theJapan Studies Review and a review editor forPhilosophy East and West.^[3]

Heine also runs theWhite Collar Zen project which examines use of the principles ofZen Buddhism in relation to the contemporary workplace and professional leadership issues. In addition to the bookWhite Collar Zen: Using Zen Principles to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Your Goal (2005),^[4] the project also includes a course on Asian Cultural Values in Business, first taught in 2006, sponsored by theEugenio Pino Entrepreneurship Center atFlorida International University,^[5] as well as workshops and conferences.

Dogen Studies

• A Blade of Grass: Japanese Poetry and Aesthetics in Dogen Zen (Peter Lang Publishing, 1989,ISBN 978-0-8204-0627-5)
• A Study of Dogen: His Philosophy and Religion (SUNY, 1991,ISBN 978-0-7914-0838-4)
• Dogen and the Koan Tradition: A Tale of Two Shobogenzo Texts (SUNY, 1993,ISBN 978-0-7914-1773-7)
• Did Dogen Go to China? What He Wrote and When He Wrote It? (Oxford University Press, 2006,ISBN 978-0-19-530592-0)
• Dogen and Soto Zen (Oxford University Press, 2015,ISBN 978-0-1993-2486-6)
• Dogen: Japan's Original Zen Teacher (Shambhala Publications, 2021,ISBN 978-1-6118-0980-0)

History and Thought of Zen Buddhism

• Opening a Mountain: Koans of the Zen Masters (Oxford University Press, 2003,ISBN 978-0-19-517434-2)
• White Collar Zen: Using Zen Principles to Overcome Obstacles and Achieve Your Goal (Oxford University Press, 2005,ISBN 978-0-19-516003-1)
• Like Cats and Dogs: Contesting the Mu Koan in Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2013,ISBN 978-0-19-983730-4)
• Chan Rhetoric of Uncertainty in the Blue Cliff Record: Sharpening the Sword at the Dragon's Gate (Oxford University Press, 2016,ISBN 978-01-9939777-8)
• From Chinese Chan to Japanese Zen: A Remarkable Century of Transmission and Transformation (Oxford University Press, 2017,ISBN 978-01-9063749-1)

Asian Religion in Contemporary Culture: East & West

• Bargainin' For Salvation: Bob Dylan, A Zen Master? (Continuum, 2009,ISBN 978-0-8264-2950-6)
• Sacred High City, Sacred Low City: A Tale of Religious Sites in Two Tokyo Neighborhoods (Oxford University Press, 2011,ISBN 978-0-19-986144-6)

Co-Edited Series with Dale S. Wright

• The Koan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2000,ISBN 978-0-19511749-3)
• Zen Masters (Oxford University Press, 2010,ISBN 978-0-19-536765-2)

Heine is the recipient of theOrder of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his contribution to Japanese Studies.^[6][7]

Afestschrift - as a tribute to honour Heine's contributions in the field of studies on Zen Buddhism - was published in 2022, with contributions of many of his colleagues.^[8]

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