Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought 9780824874476
Written by one of Japan’s foremost contemporary thinkers and scholars, Zen and the Modern World is the third in a series
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English Pages 187 Year 2003
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Introduction Multiple Levels of Significance of Abe’s Works
Part I: Zen and Society
1. Two Types of Unity and Religious Pluralism
2. The Meaning of Life in Buddhism
3. Ethics and Social Responsibility in Buddhism
4. Faith and Self-Awakening: A Search for the Fundamental Category Covering All Religious Life
5. Religion and Science in the Global Age: Their Essential Character and Mutual Relationship
Part II: Nishida’s View of Reality and Zen Philosophy
Editor’s Introduction to Part II Philosophy of Nothingness
6. Nishida’s Philosophy of “Place”
7. Philosophy, Religion, and Aesthetics in Nishida and Whitehead
8. The Problem of “Inverse Correspondence” in the Philosophy of Nishida: Comparing Nishida with Tanabe
Part III :A Contemporary Approach to Zen Self-Awakening
9. Evil, Sin, Falsity, and the Dynamics of Faith
10. Toward the Establishment of a Cosmology of Awakening
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the Editor
Contents
Acknowledgments
Editor’s Introduction Multiple Levels of Significance of Abe’s Works
Part I: Zen and Society
1. Two Types of Unity and Religious Pluralism
2. The Meaning of Life in Buddhism
3. Ethics and Social Responsibility in Buddhism
4. Faith and Self-Awakening: A Search for the Fundamental Category Covering All Religious Life
5. Religion and Science in the Global Age: Their Essential Character and Mutual Relationship
Part II: Nishida’s View of Reality and Zen Philosophy
Editor’s Introduction to Part II Philosophy of Nothingness
6. Nishida’s Philosophy of “Place”
7. Philosophy, Religion, and Aesthetics in Nishida and Whitehead
8. The Problem of “Inverse Correspondence” in the Philosophy of Nishida: Comparing Nishida with Tanabe
Part III :A Contemporary Approach to Zen Self-Awakening
9. Evil, Sin, Falsity, and the Dynamics of Faith
10. Toward the Establishment of a Cosmology of Awakening
Notes
Index
About the Author
About the Editor
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- Masao Abe (editor)
- Steven Heine (editor)
