Masao Abe

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Masao Abe (阿部正雄, Abe Masao, 1915 – September 10, 2006) was a Japanese Buddhist philosopher^[1] 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. His mature views were developed within the Kyoto School of philosophy. According to Christopher Ives: "Since the death of D. T. Suzuki in 1966, Masao Abe has served as the main representative of Zen Buddhism in Europe and North America."^[2]^[3]

^ Fredericks, James. "In Memoriam: Masao Abe (1915-2006).", in Buddhist-Christian Studies Archived 2008-05-27 at the Wayback Machine (Univ.of Hawaii 2007) Issue 27, at 139-140. Accessed on August 24, 2007.
^ Christopher Ives, "Introduction" at xiii-xix, xiii, in The Emptying God. A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books 1990), edited by John B. Cobb, Jr. and Christopher Ives.
^ "Masao Abe has been the leading philosophical exponent of Zen to the West since the death of D. T. Suzuki." John Hick, in his "Foreword" at ix, to Masao Abe, Zen and Western Thought (Univ.of Hawaii 1975), edited by William R. LaFleur.