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1 online resource (xii, 329 pages .) |
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Comparative theology / thinking across traditions |
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Comparative theology--thinking across traditions.
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| Contents |
Cover; CRUCIFIED WISDOM; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Bodhisattva Path and the Christ Path; Comparative Theology as Christian Theology; Some Historical Background; Theology of Religious Pluralism; Plan of This Book; I Two Paths; 1 Two Problems, Two Miracles; What to Study?; Bridging Gaps; The Miracle of the Bodhisattva; The Miracle of the Great Exchange; Matchless Wonders; II Perfection of Wisdom and the Bodhisattva Path in Śāntideva; 2 The Bodhisattva Path; Undertaking the Way of Enlightenment: Text and Reader |
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Cultivating Awakening Mind: Starting Where We Are3 Extreme Wisdom, Groundless Compassion; Expanding and Dispelling the Self; Perfection of Wisdom; Back to the Bodhisattva; Being Buddha; III Christian Reflections; 4 The Bodhisattva as Aspirant: Creatures and No-Self; Creatures and No-Self; The Blessings of Emptiness; Mimetic Self: Too Little or Too Much?; No-Self and the Cross; 5 The Bodhisattva as Buddha: Immanence and Emptiness; Buddha Nature; Theosis, Divine Energies, and Bare Awareness; Attainment and History; Attainment and Self-Consciousness; Practicing Bare Immanence |
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Christ and the Bodhisattva6 How Do Buddhas Help?: Bodhisattva as Benefactor and Christ as Savior; Many Faces of Compassion; Three Ways That Bodhisattvas Help; Deity and Benefactor Meditation; Christian Reflections; Benefactor Practices in Christian Perspective; Bodhisattva and Christ I: Diversity and Person-Making; Bodhisattva and Christ II: Why Christ Suffers and Bodhisattvas Don't; Conclusion: Crucified Wisdom; Notes; Works Cited; Index |
| Summary |
The first systematic discussion of the bodhisattva path in Māhayāna Buddhism from a Christian theological perspective |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Śāntideva, active 7th century. Bodhicaryāvatāra.
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| SUBJECT |
Śāntideva, active 7th century. Bodhicaryāvatāra
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Jesus Christ. fast (OCoLC)fst00040116 |
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Bodhicaryāvatāra (Śāntideva) fast (OCoLC)fst01361382 |
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Christianity and other religions -- Buddhism.
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Buddhism -- Relations -- Christianity.
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Theology.
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Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Theology
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theology.
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RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
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Theology.
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Mahayana Buddhism -- Doctrines.
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Bodhisattva (The concept)
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Buddhism.
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Christianity.
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Interfaith relations.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2018030729 |
| ISBN |
9780823281251 |
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0823281256 |
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9780823281268 |
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0823281264 |
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9780823285990 |
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0823285995 |
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