Zen and the Modern World: A Third Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
Author:   Masao Abe ,  Steven Heine
Publisher:   University of Hawai'i Press
ISBN:  

9780824826659


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 September 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Masao Abe ,  Steven Heine
Publisher:   University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint:   University of Hawai'i Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.404kg
ISBN:  

9780824826659


ISBN 10:   0824826655
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   10 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained

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Part 1 Zen and society: two types of unity and religious pluralism; the meaning of life in Buddhism; ethics and social responsibility in Buddhism; faith and self-awakening; religion and science in the global age. Part 2 Nishida's view of reality and Zen philosophy: Nishida's philosophy of """"place""""; philosophy, religion, and aesthetics in Nishida and Whitehead; the problem of """"inverse correspondence"""" in the philosophy of Nishida, comparing Nishida with Tanabe. Part 3 A contemporary approach to Zen self-awakening: evil, sin, falsity and the dynamics of faith; toward the establishment of a cosmology of awakening.

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Masao Abe's first book published in English, Zen and Western Thought (edited by William LaFleur), received the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence. Abe is also the author of two sequels, Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue and Zen and Comparative Studies, both edited by Steven Heine. Steven Heine is professor of religious studies and history and director of the Institute for Asian Studies, Florida International University.

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