Buddhism and Interfaith Dialogue: Part one of a two-volume sequel to Zen and Western Thought

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Its Significance and Future Task....Pages 3-16
A Dynamic Unity in Religious Pluralism: A Proposal from the Buddhist Point of View....Pages 17-39
‘There is No Common Denominator for World Religions’: The Positive Meaning of this Negative Statement....Pages 40-51
The Impact of Dialogue with Christianity on My Self-Understanding as a Buddhist....Pages 52-62
The Problem of Self-Centeredness as the Root-Source of Human Suffering....Pages 63-72
Suffering in the Light of Our Time: Our Time in the Light of Suffering: Buddha’s First Holy Truth....Pages 73-85
Front Matter....Pages 87-87
Negation in Mahayana Buddhism and in Tillich: A Buddhist View of ‘The Significance of the History of Religion for the Systematic Theologian’....Pages 89-103
Double Negation as an Essential for Attaining the Ultimate Reality: Comparing Tillich and Buddhism....Pages 104-111
A Response to Professor Langdon Gilkey’s Paper, ‘Tillich and the Kyoto School’....Pages 112-119
In Memory of Dr Paul Tillich....Pages 120-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Beyond Buddhism and Christianity — ‘Dazzling Darkness’....Pages 127-150
Thomas J.J. Altizer’s Kenotic Christology and Buddhism....Pages 151-158
Zen Buddhism and Hasidism — Similarities and Contrasts....Pages 159-165
The Interfaith Encounter of Zen* and Christian Contemplation: A Dialogue between Masao Abe and Keith J. Egan....Pages 166-176
Interfaith Relations and World Peace: A Buddhist Perspective....Pages 177-181
Faith and Self-Awakening: A Search for the Fundamental Category Covering All Religious Life....Pages 182-194
God, Emptiness and Ethics....Pages 195-204
Responses to Langdon Gilkey....Pages 205-222
Spirituality and Liberation: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation (with Paul F. Knitter)....Pages 223-243
Back Matter....Pages 244-245