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Masao Abe : a Zen life of dialogue / edited by Donald W. Mitchell.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zen Buddhism--Relations.
- Zen Buddhism.
- Philosophy, Comparative.
- Abe, Masao, 1915-.
- Abe, Masao.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : C.E. Tuttle, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Masao Abe: A Zen Life of Dialogue is a compilation of essays that cover the life and work of Masao Abe, perhaps one of the greatest Zen Buddhist communicators of the twentieth century. Masao Abe has opened up a rich dialogue between Japan and the West. He is considered the leading living Zen figure in the Kyoto School of Buddhist thought and the successor of D.T. Suzuki, his early mentor, as the foremost exponent of Zen Buddhism in the West.Through stories and recollections, thrity-five leading intellectual figures explore Abe's encounter with the West, including his work o
- Contents:
- pt. 1. From Japan to the West
- pt. 2. Periods of dialogue in the West
- pt. 3. Theological encounters
- pt. 4. The Buddhist-Christian dialogue
- pt. 5. Comparative philosophy
- pt. 6. Interfaith relations.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4629-0261-8
- OCLC:
- 779140719
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