Buddhism, Christianity and the Question of Creation

Karmic or Divine?
Herausgeber: Schmidt-Leukel, Perry

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Produktbeschreibung

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, John P. Keenan, Armin Kreiner, Aasulv Lande, John D'Arcy May, Eva K. Neumaier, Perry Schmidt-Leukel, Ernst Steinkellner.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 472g
• ISBN-13: 9780754654438
• ISBN-10: 0754654435
• Artikelnr.: 35661493

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction, Perry Schmidt-Leukel. Part One Buddhist and
Christian Perspectives on the Issue of Creation: Hindu doctrines of
creation and their Buddhist critiques, Ernst Steinkellner; Three Buddhist
views of the doctrines of creation and creator, José Ignacio Cabezón;
Buddhist forms of belief in creation, Eva K. Neumaier; Creation and the
problem of evil, Armin Kreiner; Refuting some Buddhist arguments about
creation and adopting Buddhist philosophy about salvation history, John P.
Keenan; Creation and process theology: a question to Buddhism, Aasulv
Lande; Buddhists, Christians and ecology, John D'Arcy May. Part Two The
Unbridgeable Gulf? Towards a Buddhist-Christian Theology of Creation, Perry
Schmidt-Leukel: Preparing the ground; Buddhist criticism and its motives;
Bridging the gulf; Conclusion. Index.