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Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue
Edited by Perry Schmidt-Leukel
ISBN 0-334-04008-6 £18.99 SCM Press
Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue continues the Weisfeld-Lectures, which were established with the first series on War and Peace in World religions, published in 2004 by SCM Press. The book is written for a general as well as a more specialist readership. On the one hand it introduces basic topics of Buddhist-Christian dialogue, on the other hand it opens up new ground: particularly insofar as the Buddhist and the Christian contributers all write comparatively. That is, the Buddhists speak not only on Buddhism but on Christianity and Buddhism in relation to the specific topic, and so do the Christians. Something similar has not yet done before in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue making this a unique and groundbreaking book. Each chapter is made up of a contribution from a Buddhist and then from a Christian point of view. To conclude each chapter, both authors then write together to address each others points in the previous sections and so the book is truly interactive.
Table of Contents
- Preface by Gerald Weisfeld
- Contributors
- Intimate Strangers – An Introduction
- Part I.: Life and Death
- Human Existence in Buddhism and Christianity – A Christian Perspective Elizabeth Harris
- Human Existence in Buddhism and Christianity – A Buddhist Perspective Kiyoshi Tsuchiya
- Response to Kiyoshi Tsuchiya Elizabeth Harris
- Response to Elizabeth Harris Kioyshi Tsuchiya
- Part II.: The Ultimate
- Ultimate Reality in Buddhism and Christianity – A Christian Perspective Karl Baier
- Ultimate Reality in Buddhism and Christianity – A Buddhist Perspective Minoru Nambara
- Response to Minoru Nambara Karl Baier
- Response to Karl Baier Minoru Nambara
- Part III.: The Mediators
- Buddha and Christ as Mediators of the Transcendent - A Christian Perspective Perry Schmidt-Leukel
- Buddha and Christ as Mediators of the Transcendent – A Buddhist Perspective John Makransky
- Response to John Makransky Perry Schmidt-Leukel
- Response to Perry Schmidt-Leukel John Makransky
- Part IV.: The Quest for Peace
- Buddhism, Christianity and their Potential for Peace – A Christian Perspective Kenneth Fernando
- Buddhism, Christianity and their Potential for Peace – A Buddhist Perspective Alan Senauke
- Response to Alan Senauke Kenneth Fernando
- Response to Kenneth Fernando Alan Senauke
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