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Largen, Kristin Johnston

 
9780800663285: What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation (Facets)
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ISBN 10: 0800663284 ISBN 13: 9780800663285
Editorial: Fortress Press, 1979

Sinopsis

It is a truism in the study of religion that to understand one's own tradition truly one must inhabit another's deeply. Kristin Johnston Largen in this exciting volume takes the reader on such a pilgrimage into Buddhism, to ultimately address what we as Christians might mean by salvation. In the last generation, lay Christians have already trod into Buddhism to see the tradition for themselves. So this exercise in comparative theology employs interreligious dialogue as an integral and imperative part of Christian theology today. It first explores the model of comparative theology and the meanings of salvation, or soteriology, in Christian tradition. It then reviews the chief outlines of the Buddhist worldview and explores the concept of salvation in Buddhism - nirvana, achieved through emptiness - and how it informs a host of Buddhist practices. Only then does Largen return to the Christian tradition to show not only what Buddhists can teach us about themselves but also about ourselves. Critically corrected by this larger religious context, Largen demonstrates, Christian soteriology can be enriched and enlivened.

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Acerca del autor

Kristin Johnston Largen is associate professor of systematic theology at Gettysburg Seminary in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where she has taught for the last eight years. Her most recent publication is Finding God among Our Neighbors: An Interfaith Systematic Theology (Fortress Press, 2013). She is also the editor of Dialog.

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Editorial
Fortress Press
Año de publicación
1979
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0800663284
ISBN 13 
9780800663285
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
184
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