西谷の宗教に対するリアリゼーションと根源的な悪の自覚

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While confirming Nishitani Keiji’s ultimately existential treatment of religion which emphasizes ‘realization,’ this paper aims to elucidate the particular character of this realization through Nishitani’s interpretation of Shinran. There grasping the ‘originary awareness of evil’ as a negative and qualitative overturning of sociological or psychological ethics, I argue that Nishitani’s existential religious attitude does not limit itself to Zen Buddhism, but also realizes the existential standpoint of Kamakura Shin Buddhism, and thereby conclude that Nishitani’s approach to religion has meaning beyond any one particular religious sect.