The cosmic breath : spirit and nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-science trialogue / by Amos Yong.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yong, Amos.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Philosophical studies in science and religion ; v. 4.

Philosophical studies in science and religion, 1877-8542 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and science.

Christianity and other religions--Buddhism.

Christianity and other religions.

Buddhism.

Buddhism--Relations--Christianity.

Relations.

Christianity.

Physical Description:

xv, 282 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

In a companion to his 2012 Pneumatology and the Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, Yong (theology, Regent U., Virginia) expands his discussion to three dimensions, considering relations between both Christianity and Buddhism with science as well as with each other. He covers pneuma: divine presence and nature in the theology and science dialogue; shunyata: nature and science in Mahayana Buddhism; and pneuma and shunyata: nature, the environment, and the Christian-Buddhist-science trialogue. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1 Introduction-Spirit, Science, and the Religions: Pneumatology and Philosophy of Nature in a Pluralistic World 1

1.1 Thinking about Nature: Methodological Issues in the Science-and-Religion Discussion 2

1.2 Considering the Religions: Interfaith Dialogue and the Buddhist-Christian Encounter 10

1.3 Starting with the Spirit: Pneumatology and the Christian-Buddhist-Science Trialogue 20

Part 1 Pneuma: Divine Presence and Nature in the Theology and Science Dialogue

2 Spirit and Science: An Emerging Dialogue 37

2.1 Spirit and Science: What Kind of Relationship? 38

2.2 Spirit, Theology, and Science: Emerging Trajectories 44

2.3 Pneumatology and Field Theory 51

3 Spirit and Creation: Pneumatology, Genesis 1 and Modern Science 58

3.1 Spirit and the Creation Narrative 60

3.2 Spirit and Emergence 65

3.3 Spirit, Systems Theory, and Divine Activity 70

4 Spirit and Human Nature: The Breath of Life, Genesis 1-2, and the Neurosciences 80

4.1 Genesis and the Emergence of the Human 81

4.2 Mind, Body, and the Neurosciences 85

4.3 Divine Presence and Contemporary Theological Anthropology 92

Part 2 Shunyata: Nature and Science in Mahayana Buddhism

5 Buddhism and Contemporary Science 103

5.1 The Buddhist-Science Dialogue: An Overview 104

5.2 Mind and Life: Contemporary Tibetan Buddhism and Science 112

5.3 Emptiness, Science, and the Kyoto School 120

6 Shunyata: The Nature of the World in Mahayana Traditions 129

6.1 Madhyamaka and the Emergence of Shunyata 130

6.2 Huayen: Emptiness and Form 136

6.3 Basho and the Emptying "Field" in Contemporary Cosmology 144

7 Self and Becoming Human in Buddhism and Science 151

7.1 "Non-Self," "True-Self," and the Neurosciences 152

7.2 Buddhist Contemplation and the Science of Consciousness 159

7.3 Shunyata and Human Naturing 167

Part 3 Pneuma and Shunyata: Nature, the Environment, and the Christian-Buddhist-Science Trialogue

8 Spirit, Nature, Humanity: A Trialogical Conversation 177

8.1 Pneuma and Shunyata: Science and Comparative Theology 178

8.2 Pneuma and Pratityasamutpada: On Cosmology and Philosophy of Nature 185

8.3 Pneuma and Anatman: On Human Being and

8.4 Becoming 192

9 Spirit and Method: Science, Religion, and Comparative Theology 198

9.1 Interpreting the Human: Pneumato-christological Perspectives 200

9.2 Interpreting the Cosmos: Pneumato-theological Approaches 208

9.3 Method in Science and Religion: A Pneumatological Assist 217

10 Spirit and Environment: Toward a Christian Ecological Ethic "after" Buddhism 224

10.1 Pneumatological Theology and the Environment 225

10.2 Buddhist Self-Emptying and the Environment 229

10.3 Toward a Pneumato-ecological Ethic: Christian-Buddhist Convergences 234.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9004205136

9789004205130

OCLC:

785786618

Publisher Number:

99950350379