The process of Buddhist-Christian dialogue
By: Paul O. Ingram
Publisher: Cascade Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9781606085547
Subjects: Buddhism; Christianity and other religions; Interfaith relations; Relations; Christianity
Description: Ingram's thesis is that Buddhist-Christian dialogue in all three of its formsconceptual, social engagement, and interior are interdependent processes, the nature of which is helpfully characterized through the categories of Whiteheadian process thought. Process thought asserts that process is funadamental to not only human experience, but to the structure of reality. Some of the categories of Whiteheads process metaphysics have been appropriated throughout the specific chapters in this book as a means of analyzing contemporary Buddhist-Christian dialogue and this dialogues encounter with the natural sciences. Accordingly, the Whiteheadian process of thought provides the foundations of understanding the process of Buddhist-Christian dialogue support within each chapter of this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-149).
Table of contents: title: That we may know each other; title: The structure of Buddhist-Christian conceptual dialogue; title: Conceptual dialogue with the natural sciences; title: Buddhist-Christian socially engaged dialogue; title: Buddhist-Christian interior dialogue; title: Creative transformation at the boundaries.