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9780700711215

The Sound of Liberating Truth: Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng

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    9780700711215

  • ISBN10:

    070071121X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-07-20
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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Summary

Offers essays and dialogues by well-known Buddhist and Christian scholars on topics that were of primary interest to Frederick J. Streng, in whose honor the volume was created. Topics include inter-religious dialogue, ultimate reality, nature and ecology, social and political issues of liberation, and ultimate transformation or liberation.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Introduction: What is the Sound of Liberating Truth? Remembering Fred Streng (1933-1993)
Prologue
Interreligious Dialoguep. 1
Buddhist Interreligious Dialogue: To Build a Global Communityp. 3
Response to David Chappellp. 36
Interreligious Dialoguep. 41
Response to Winston Kingp. 57
Ultimate Realityp. 63
'In the Beginning ... God': A Christian's View of Ultimate Realityp. 65
Response to Bonnie Thurston's '"In the Beginning ... God": A Christian's View of Ultimate Reality'p. 78
The Concept of the Ultimate in Madhyamaka Thought: In Memory of Frederick Strengp. 84
Response to: 'The Concept of the Ultimate in Madhyamaka Thought'p. 101
Nature and Ecologyp. 105
The Buddhist Conception of an Ecological Selfp. 107
Response to Alan Sponberg's 'The Buddhist Conception of an Ecological Self'p. 128
Creation, Redemption, and the Realization of the Material Orderp. 133
Creation, Redemption, and the Realization of the Material Order: A Buddhist Responsep. 149
Social and Political Issues of Liberationp. 157
Buddhism and Social Engagementp. 159
Some Questions About the Worldp. 181
The Mind of Wisdom and Justice in the Letter of Jamesp. 186
Response to John Keenanp. 200
Ultimate Transformation or Liberationp. 205
Under the Bodhi Tree: An Idealized Paradigm of Buddhist Transformation and Liberationp. 207
Nailed to a Tree: An Idealized Paradigm of Buddhist Transformation and Liberationp. 220
The Resurrection of the Dead, and Life Everlasting: From a Futuristic to a Realized Christianityp. 223
The Momentous and the Momentaryp. 239
Epiloguesp. 245
A Buddhist Epiloguep. 247
A Christian Epiloguep. 265
Indexp. 272
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