西田幾多郎と内村鑑三

あるいは哲学と宗教の関係について

抄録

Nishida Kitarō and Uchimura Kanzō are considered two giants of modern Japanese philosophy and religion. The purpose of this paper is to show that these two men, who never actually encountered or even mentioned each other in their writings, nevertheless had many points in common. It is possible to establish a personal and philosophical resonance between the two authors in the following aspects: 1） the painful experience of the death of their beloved daughter, 2） the philosophical investigation of the concept of God, including Pantheism and Panentheism, and 3） the religious analysis of the Aqedah text of Genesis 22. Finally, I would like to show that 4） Nishida and Uchimura resonate with each other in their penetrating understanding that philosophy and religion, while independent of each other, must form a complementary tension that compensates their limitations.