God or the Divine

Is there a language of Transcendence which does not fall in a classification of Monism, Theism, personal God or impersonal Being? The present collection of contributions from different fields of research centers on the question, if and how far it is possible to talk of great transcendence and a Divine - a topic, that on a first attempt is of importance, especially in the dialogue with Buddhism. On a second attempt, the topic falls in line with current religious philosophical discussions touching on the alternatives of monism, theism, pantheism and historically-Triune monotheism in a Christian context, concerning the mediation of immanence and transcendence. All these terms, developed in the western tradition, can be proved in all aspects as inadequate for catching up with the different cultural traditions of Asia and their images of transcendence. Besides, the second topic concerns the widely established distinction between personal and impersonal concepts of transcendence. Thus all contributors take the diversity of historically grown religious traditions seriously, but nevertheless search for a religious language, which connects these traditions and provides a common ground of understanding.