Buddhist theology : critical reflections by contemporary Buddhist scholars /
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| Imprint: | London : Routledge Curzon, 2000 (2003 printing) |
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| Description: | x, 410 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Curzon critical studies in Buddhism |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3906253 |
Table of Contents:
- Editor's Introduction I. Buddhist Theology: Its Historical Context / Roger R. Jackson
- Editor's Introduction II. Contemporary Academic Buddhist Theology: Its Emergence and Rationale / John J. Makransky
- Pt. I. Buddhist Theology: What, Why, and How? 1. Buddhist Theology in the Academy / Jose Ignacio Cabezon. 2. Buddhist Theology? / Rita M. Gross. 3. Three Dimensions of Buddhist Studies / B. Alan Wallace. 4. The Methodological Relevance of Contemporary Biblical Scholarship to the Study of Buddhism / Vesna A. Wallace. 5. Hermeneutics and Dharmology: Finding an American Buddhist Voice / Roger Corless
- Pt. II. Exercises in Buddhist Theology. 6. Historical Consciousness as an Offering to the Trans-Historical Buddha / John J. Makransky. 7. Truth in Buddhist Theology / Jose Ignacio Cabezon. 8. The Lack of Self: A Western Buddhist Psychology / David R. Loy. 9. Critical Synergy: The Context of Inquiry and the Project of Buddhist Thought / Mark T. Unno. 10. The Dialectic Between Religious Belief and Contemplative Knowledge in Tibetan Buddhism / B. Alan Wallace. 11. In Search of a Postmodern Middle / Roger R. Jackson. 12. Impermanence, Nowness and Non-Judgment: A Personal Approach to Understanding Finitude in Buddhist Perspective / Rita M. Gross. 13. Gendered Bodies of Illusion: Finding a Somatic Method in the Ontic Madness of Emptiness / Sara McClintock. 14. On Essences, Goals and Social Justice: An Exercise in Buddhist Theology / John D. Dunne. 15. Human Rights in Contemporary Engaged Buddhism / Sallie B. King. 16. Pluralism and Dialogue: A Contemplation on the Dialogue Relationship / Judith Simmer-Brown. 17. From Buddhology to Buddhist Theology: An Orientation to Sinhala Buddhism / Mahinda Deegalle. 18. Concern for Others in Pure Land Soteriological and Ethical Considerations: The Case of Jogyo-daihi in Jodo-Shinshu Buddhism / Kenneth K. Tanaka
- Pt. III. Critical Responses. 19. Measuring the Immeasurable: Reflections on Unreasonable Reasoning / Luis O. Gomez. 20. Constructive Buddhist Theology: A Response / Taitetsu Unno.