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Masao Abe

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Gender Male
Death18 years ago
Born Osaka
Japan
Date of died September 10,2006
DiedKyoto
Kyoto
Japan
SchoolBuddhist
BooksZen and Western Thought
study of Dōgen
Zen and Comparative Studies
Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part One of a Two-volume Sequel to Zen and Western Thought
Zen and the Modern World
Date of birth January 1,1915
Influences Kitaro Nishida
Dōgen
Keiji Nishitani
D. T. Suzuki
Education Kyoto University
Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) - Sugimoto Campus
Union Theological Seminary
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Masao Abe was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher and religious studies scholar who was emeritus professor at Nara University. He is best known for his work in comparative religion, developing a Buddhist-Christian interfaith dialogue which later also included Judaism.

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