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The Buddhist view of inter-religious dialogue is significantly different from, say, that of Christianity. In Christianity Jesus Christ, being the only incarnation in the history, has an inexplicable uniqueness. It must be maintained even in the inter-faith dialogue. By contrast, in Buddhism Guatama Buddha is not the only Buddha, but one of many Buddhas. His uniqueness is realized in the fact that he is the first Buddha in human history. Furthermore, the Buddhist teaching of dependent co-origination and emptiness not only provides a dynamic common basis for various religions, but also will suggest a creative cooperation amongst world religions. The book clarifies such a Buddhist view and inter-religious dialogue from various perspectives.

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Author:   Masao Abe ,  Steve Heine
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9780333611975

ISBN 10:   0333611977
Pages:   245
Publication Date:   06 August 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

PART 1: BUDDHIST APPROACH TO INTERFAITH DIALOGUE - Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Its Significance and Future Task - A Dynamic Unity in Religious Pluralism: A Proposal from the Buddhist Point of View - 'There is No Common Denominator for World Religions': The Positive Meaning of this Negative Statement - The Impact of Dialogue with Christianity on My Self-Understanding as a Buddhist - The Problem of Self-Centeredness as the Root-Source of Human Suffering - Suffering in the Light of Our Time: Our Time in the Light of Suffering: Buddha's First Holy Truth - PART 2: BUDDHISM IN DIALOGUE WITH TILLICH'S THEOLOGY - Negation in Mahayana Buddhism and in Tillich: A Buddhist View of 'The Significance of the History of Religion for the Systematic Theologian' - Double Negation as an Essential for Attaining the Ultimate Reality: Comparing Tillich and Buddhism - In Memory of Dr Paul Tillich - A Response to Professor Langdon Gilkey's Paper, 'Tillich and the Kyoto School' - PART 3: BUDDHISM AND CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY - Beyond Buddhism and Christianity: 'Dazzling Darkness' - Thomas J.J. Altizer's Kenotic Christology and Buddhism - Zen Buddhism and Hasidism: Similarities and Contrasts - The Interfaith Encounter of Zen and Christian Contemplation: A Dialogue between Masao Abe and Keith J.Egan - Interfaith Relations and World Peace: A Buddhist Perspective - Faith and Self-Awakening: A Search for the Fundamental Category Covering All Religious Life - God, Emptiness and Ethics - Responses to Langdon Gilkey - Spirituality and Liberation: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation - Index

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