The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
Published on 29. September 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
162 pages
978-0-227-17369-5 (ISBN)
Description
While process philosophers and theologians have written numerous essays on Buddhist-Christian dialogue, few have sought to expand the current Buddhist-Christian dialogue into a "trilogue" by bringing the natural sciences into the discussion as a third partner. This was the topic of Paul O. Ingram's previous book, Buddhist-Christian Dialogue in an Age of Science. The thesis of the present work is that Buddhist-Christian dialogue in all three of its forms-conceptual, social engagement, and interior-are interdependent processes of creative transformation. Ingram appropriates the categories of Whitehead's process metaphysics as a means of clarifying how dialogue is now mutually and creatively transforming both Buddhism and Christianity.
Reviews / Votes
' The book uses some of the categories of Whitehead's process metaphysics to analyse contemporary Buddhist-Christian dialogue and this dialogue's encounter with the natural sciences. (...) Some of the most useful and useable features of the book are the author's summaries and clarifications of his use of the terms and ideas he discusses. 'Peggy Morgan in Journal of Contemporary Religion, Vol. 27, Issue 3
"...[Paul O. Ingram's] discussion on the structure of Buddhist and Christian social engagement is illuminating... [...] Professor Ingram has shown a practical process of Buddhist- Christian dialogue; concerned readers and students will find this book greatly useful..."
Daniel Jeyaraj, Theological book review, Vol. 24, No 2, 2012.
This work makes a highly significant contribution to Buddhist-Christian dialogue [...] Many of the ideas of process thought are well worth saying, and Ingram says them well enough. Perhaps we can all learn from the insights of process thought as it takes its place as a dialogical partner.
Barry Linney, Reviews in Religion & Theology, vol 22, issues 1, January 2015
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 153 mm
Weight
253 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-227-17369-5 (9780227173695)
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Paul O. Ingram
The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
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06/2015
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The Process of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue
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Person
Paul O. Ingram is Professor of Religion Emeritus at Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, Washington). He is the author of 'Wrestling with the Ox,' 'The Modern Buddhist-Christian Dialogue,' and 'The Dharma of Faith.'
Content
List of Figures Preface 1. That We May Know Each Other 2. The Structure of Buddhist-Christian Conceptual Dialogue 3. Conceptual Dialogue with the Natural Sciences 4. Buddhist-Christian Socially Engaged Dialogue 5. Buddhist-Christian Interior Dialogue 6. Creative Transformation at the Boundaries Bibliography