Buddhists and Christians : through comparative theology to solidarity / James L. Fredericks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fredericks, James L. (James Lee), 1951-

Series:

Faith meets faith

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Buddhism.

Christianity and other religions.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

xiv, 134 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, [2004]

Contents:

1 The Catholic Church and the Other Religions 1

The Second Vatican Council 2

John Paul II 4

The Asian Churches 5

Pluralist Theologies 8

Faithful to the Tradition? 11

Helpful for Today? 14

Spirit-christology 23

The End of an Era 25

Doing Christian Theology with Others 26

2 A Man of Momentous Silence 30

Vacchagotta's Questions 31

A Multitude of Opinions 34

A Strategic Silence 36

The Life of Siddhartha Gautama 38

Noble Truths 42

First Noble Truth: Dukkha 42

Second Noble Truth: Samudaya 44

The Third Noble Truth: Nirodha 47

Fourth Noble Truth: Marga 49

3 The Mind on Fire 51

Nagarjuna 53

After the Buddha 55

Madhyamika Philosophy 59

Chapter 25: Nirvana 60

The Tathagata 62

The Discourse to Vacchagotta 63

The Fetter of Views 67

4 Buddhist Emptiness and the Incomprehensible God 72

God's Incomprehensibility in Thomas Aquinas 72

The Infinitely Knowable God 77

Two Visions of the Religious Quest 80

Transformation without Transcendence 81

Via Negativa? 83

Emptiness as the Negation of Holiness 85

Emptiness and Grace 88

Jesus Christ and the Emptiness of God 91

5 Toward a New Solidarity 96

Comparative Theology and Comparative Religion 97

Comparative Theology and the Theology of Religions 98

Signs of the Times 100

Dialogue as Christian "Practice" 103

Foundations of Dialogue? 106

Dialogue as Conversation 108

The Comparative Theologian 109

New Forms of Solidarity 112.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-128) and index.

ISBN:

1570755558

OCLC:

54803642