Crucified wisdom : theological reflection on Christ and the Bodhisattva /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Comparative theology--thinking across traditions.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of 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
- 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
- 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