John P. Keenan

Grounding Our Faith in a Pluralist World

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This book draws upon the Mahayana philosophy developed within Buddhism, employing it as a means to empty our usual alternatives for viewing the world's many religions--whether exclusivism, inclusivism, or pluralism. The aim is to free people from clinging to intellectual positions, enabling them gently but committedly to affirm their vernacular tradition as it is practiced on the ground. It critiques the above three options, and introduces the Mahayana philosophy of emptiness and dependent arising, along with its distinction between ultimate truth and conventional truth. It then applies this philosophy to an urgent question that bedevils mode… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lea, Sydney / Davis, Lansing

ISBN: 978-1-4982-5169-3
EAN: 9781498251693
Produktnummer: 35413641
Verlag: Wipf and Stock
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 136 S.
Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D1.2 cm 361 g
Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
Gewicht: 361

Über den Autor

John P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. His publications include I Am / No Self: A Christian Reading of the Heart Su[set macron over u]tra; The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading; The Meaning of Christ: A Maha[set macron over a]ya[set macron over a]na Theology; and A Study of the Buddhabhu[set macron over u]myupadesa: The Doctrinal Development of the Notion of Wisdom in Yoga[set macron over a]ca[set macron over a]ra Thought.