In the company of friends : exploring faith and understanding with Buddhists and Christians / John Ross Carter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carter, John Ross.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions--Buddhism.

Christianity and other religions.

Buddhism--Relations--Christianity.

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Buddhist-Christian reflection that uses friendship as a model for interreligious understanding.

Contents:

In the Company of Friends

In the Company of Friends

Contents

Foreword by Charles Hallisey

Acknowledgments

Introductory Note

List of Abbreviations

I: The Quest for Religious Understanding with Theravāda, Jōdo Shinshū Buddhists, and Christians

Chapter 1: On Understanding Religious Men and Women

Chapter 2: Truth and History in Interreligious Understanding: A Preliminary Inquiry

Chapter 3: Interreligious Understanding as a Religious Quest

II: The Dynamics of Faith and Beyond: Personally and in an Ever-Expanding Community

Chapter 4: Saṃvega and the Incipient Phase of Faith

Chapter 5: Shinjin More than "Faith"?

Chapter 6: Celebrating Our Faith

Chapter 7: Colloquia in Faith

III: Converging Affirmations from Different Perspectives

Chapter 8: "Relying Upon" or "Taking Refuge" as a Genuinely Human Activity

Chapter 9: Love and Compassion as Given

Chapter 10: Toward an Understanding of What Is Inconceivable

Chapter 11: The Arising of Salvific Realization as Buddhists and Christians Have Affirmed

Chapter 12: Relationality in Religious Awareness

IV: Building from Our Past into Our Common Future

Chapter 13: From Controversy to Understanding: More than a Century of Progress

Chapter 14: Religion and the Imperatives for Development

Chapter 15: Getting First Things First: Some Reflections on a Response by Venerable Ananda Maitreya

Chapter 16: Translational Theology: An Expression of the Faith of Christians in a Religiously Plural World

Chapter 17: Buddhists and Baptists: In Conversation into Our Common Future

V: The Challenge of Our Future

Cahpter 18: Will There Be Faith on Earth?

Notes

A Bibliographic Note on the Context of Origin and Subsequent Versions of the Chapters in this Volume

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438442815

1438442815

OCLC:

817565517