Dr. Noda recently published a book in Japanese: “The Limits of Religion and the Meaning of Life: Viktor Frankl’s Perspective”

The Limits of Religion and the Meaning of Life: Viktor Frankl’s Perspective
Art Village, 2024 (in Japanese)
Author: Keisuke Noda, Ph.D.
Diplomat in Logo-Philosophy; Professor of Philosophy, HJI Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership, New York, USA

This book explores how rigid, exclusivist religious beliefs and ideological systems can give rise to ethical paradoxes—situations in which deeply held convictions may lead to inhumane actions. Drawing on Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy and philosophical insights, Dr. Noda examines these paradoxes and demonstrates how Frankl’s approach can reframe belief systems within a broader horizon of meaning. By shifting the focus from doctrinal absolutes to existential meaning, Frankl’s perspective offers a pathway toward reconciliation, responsibility, and human dignity.

Written for a general audience, the book moves beyond therapeutic discourse to make Frankl’s ideas accessible to anyone grappling with the ethical and existential challenges posed by religion in the modern world.

The book builds on two earlier works: “Ethical Paradoxes of Belief Systems: Viktor Frankl’s Approach” (The International Forum for Logotherapy, Autumn 2022), and “Viktor Frankl’s Hermeneutic Space and Belief Systems,” presented at The 24th World Congress of the Viktor Frankl Institute of Logotherapy (October 19–21, 2023).