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Not only is the death of Dr Paul Tillich on 22 October 1965, a great loss for Christianity but for Buddhism as well, for Buddhism has lost in him a dialogue companion and a co-searcher for human truth. Tillich was an outstanding Christian theologian who open-mindedly confronted non-Christian religions and who particularly exerted himself to engage in a searching conversation with Buddhism. It may not be too much to say that Paul Tillich was the first great Christian theologian in history who tried to carry out a serious confrontation between Christianity and Buddhism at their depths.
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Abe, M. (1995). In Memory of Dr Paul Tillich. In: Heine, S. (eds) Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue. Library of Philosophy and Religion. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13454-0_10
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