In-Between Essays in Intercultural and Interreligious Dialogue
- Bangalore Dharmaram Publications 2011
- 156p
- Dharma Endowment Lectures; 201100ENGGPC1 .
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter 1 THE HUMAN BEING....4 "Animal rationale," "Zoon politikon"..... 12 Image and Likeness of God.... 15 "Person"... 18 "Fides et ratio".... 21 Open Questions.. 24 Chapter 2 RELIGION Preliminary Remarks... 27 "Fundamental Act of Worship .... 30 Religions..... 32 Institutions and Systems... 34 "Anima naturaliter religiosa" ... 37 Doctrine and Way.... 41 God and Salvation... 45 Chapter 3 THE SECULAR AGE Between Heaven and Earth?...49 Secular... 51 "The Secular Age"... 56 The New Areopagus. 59 Between Belief and Unbelief...62 Secularization in Asia....64 Conclusions and New Questions....68 Chapter 4 LANGUAGES India and Its Languages... 71 Translations...... 73 Atmcin I Anatman - Avatarn - T`ien - Cod: Kami I Allah ...... 77 Communication and Dialogue ...85 Forms and Obstacles of Dialogue ... 88 Silence.... 91 Chapter 5 INTERCULTURATION From Inculturation to Interculturation ...93 Christian Inculturation... 97 Dehellenization of Christianity?.... 101 Logos and Modern Rationality ... 106 Alternative Approaches... 110 Dharma and Dao... 114 Chapter 6 BUDDHA AND CHRIST In the Time of Religious Revival.... 119 The First Noble Truth: Suffering.... 121 Angst and Sin ... 124 Enlightenment and Liberation.. 127 Christ`s "Making Himself Empty" .... 129 Buddha and Christ... 133 God, Emptiness, and Love... 137