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9780754654438

Buddhism, Christianity and the Question of Creation: Karmic or Divine?

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    9780754654438

  • ISBN10:

    0754654435

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-03-28
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Is the world created by a divine creator? Or is it the constant product of karmic forces? The issue of creation was at the heart of the classic controversies between Buddhism and Hindu Theism. In modern times it can be found at the centre of many polemical debates between Buddhism and Christianity. Is this the principal barrier that separates Buddhism from Christianity and other theistic religions? The contributions to Part One explore the various aspects of traditional and contemporary Buddhist objections against the idea of a divine creator as well as Christian possibilities to meet the Buddhist critique. Part Two asks for the potential truth on both sides and suggests a surprising way that the barrier might be overcome. This opens a new round of philosophical and theological dialogue between these two major traditions with challenging insights for both. Contributors: José I. Cabezón, Armin Kreiner, John P. Keenan, Aasulv Lande, John D'Arcy May, Eva K. Neumaier, Perry Schmidt-Leukel, Ernst Steinkellner.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors vii
Acknowledgements xi
Introduction 1(14)
Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Part One: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Issue of Creation
1 Hindu Doctrines of Creation and Their Buddhist Critiques
15(18)
Ernst Steinkellner
2 Three Buddhist Views of the Doctrines of Creation and Creator
33(14)
José Ignacio Cabezón
3 Buddhist Forms of Belief in Creation
47(14)
Eva K. Neumaier
4 Creation and the Problem of Evil
61(8)
Armin Kreiner
5 Refuting Some Buddhist Arguments about Creation and Adopting Buddhist Philosophy about Salvation History
69(12)
John P. Keenan
6 Creation and Process Theology: A Question to Buddhism
81(12)
Aasulv Lande
7 Buddhists, Christians and Ecology
93(18)
John D'Arcy May
Part Two: The Unbridgeable Gulf?
Towards a Buddhist-Christian Theology of Creation
Perry Schmidt-Leukel
8 Preparing the Ground
111(12)
9 Buddhist Criticism and Its Motives
123(20)
10 Bridging the Gulf
143(34)
11 Conclusion
177(2)
Index 179

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