EDITORIAL

ERRATA

ARTICLES

Practicing the Religious Self: Buddhist-Christian Identity as Social Artifact, p. 3
Duane R. Bidwell

What Has Chalcedon to Do with Lhasa? John Keenan’s and Lai Pai-chiu’s Reflections on Classical Christology and the Possible Shape of a Tibetan Theology of Incarnation, p. 13
Thomas Cattoi

Keiji Nishitani and Karl Rahner: A Response to Nihility, p. 27
Heidi Ann Russell

Mind and Life, Religion and Science: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Buddhist-Christian-Science Trialogue, p. 43
Amos Yong

THOMAS MERTON FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY MEMORIAL

“Something Breaks Through a Little”: The Marriage of Zen and Sophia in the Life of Thomas Merton, p. 67
Christopher Pramuk

Thomas Merton’s Bangkok Lecture of December 1968, p. 91
Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland, OSB

PANEL ON MASAO ABE

The Thought and Legacy of Masao Abe, p. 103
Christopher Ives

Masao Abe’s Early Spiritual Journey and His Later Philosophy, p. 107
Donald W. Mitchell

Masao Abe: D. T. Suzuki’s Legacies and an “Academic Dharma Lineage” in North America, p. 111
Michiko Yusa

Masao Abe: A Bodhisattva’s Vow, p. 115
James Fredericks

Masao Abe, p. 119
John B. Cobb Jr.

Masao Abe and the Dialogue Breakthrough, p. 123
Stephen Rowe

Unconventional Guest: Masao Abe’s Dialogue with the American Academy, p. 127
William R. LaFleur

Is Masao Abe an Original Thinker?, p. 131
Steven Heine

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Peter A. Huff

The 2007 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 137
Peter A. Huff

In Memoriam: Jan Van Bragt (1928–2007), p. 141
James W. Heisig

Zen/Ch’an-Catholic Dialogue Explores the Path to Spiritual Maturation, p. 145
Francis V. Tiso

European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 149
John D’Arcy May

International Society for Universal Dialogue, p. 153
Peter A. Huff

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice A. Keefe

Daniel Keown on Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death, p. 157

Catherine Cornille on John D’Arcy May, Converging Ways? Conversion and Belonging in Buddhism and Christianity, p. 161

Mark Wood on Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo, The Future of Religion, p. 162

Francis V. Tiso on Enzo Gualterio Bargiacchi, Ippolito Desideri, S.J.: Opere e Bibliografía, p. 166

Christopher S. Queen on Christophe Jaffrelot, Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability: Fighting the Indian Caste System, p. 168

John D’Arcy May on Frances S. Adeney and Arvind Sharma, eds., Christianity and Human Rights: Influences and Issues, p. 172

Rita M. Gross on Miranda Shaw, Buddhist Goddesses of India, and Rosemary Radford Ruether, Goddesses and the Divine Feminine: A Western Religious History, p. 175

Seung Hee Kang on Brian J. Pierce, We Walk the Path Together: Learning from Thich Nhat Hanh and Meister Eckhart, p. 178

Kenneth K. Tanaka on Dennis Hirota, Asura’s Harp: Engagement with Language as Buddhist Path, p. 182

Terry C. Muck on Elizabeth Harris, Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter: Religious, Missionary, and Colonial Experience in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka, p. 188

Francis V. Tiso on Thinley Norbu, A Cascading Waterfall of Nectar, p. 191

EDITORIAL, p. iii

ARTICLES

Dependent Co-Origination and Universal Intersubjectivity, p. 3
Joseph Bracken, SJ

The Understanding and Experience of Compassion: Aquinas and the Dalai Lama, p. 11
Judith Barad

Buddhist Women and Interfaith Work in the United States, p. 31
Kate Dugan

Dialogue and Solidarity in a Time of Globalization, p. 51
James Fredericks

Mahāyāna Interpretation of Christianity: A Case Study of Zhang Chunyi (1871–1955), p. 67
Lai Pan-chiu and So Yuen-tai

Christian-Buddhist Dialogue on Loving the Enemy, p. 89
Wioleta Polinska

ESSAYS

Buddhist-Christian Scholarship and the World Wide Web, p. 111
Jonas Barciauskas

The Individual in Relation to the Sangha in American Buddhism: An Examination of ‘‘Privatized Religion,’’ p. 115
Kenneth K. Tanaka

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Peter A. Huff

Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh 2007, p. 131
Paul Cardinal Poupard and Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata

The 2006 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 133
Frances S. Adeney

In Memoriam: Benjamin Lee Wren (1931–2006), p. 137
Peter A. Huff

In Memoriam: Masao Abe (1915–2006), p. 139
James Fredericks

Religion after September 11th World Congress, p. 141
Frances S. Adeney

Buddhist and Catholic Monks Talk about Celibacy, p. 143
Thomas Ryan, CSP

Zen/Ch’an—Catholic Dialogue Opens New Quadrennium, p. 147
Francis V. Tiso

The Pilgrimage of the Mass: The Song of All Songs, p. 151
Roger Corless

In Memoriam: Roger Jonathan Corless (1938–2007), p. 152

Remembering Roger Corless: Rose Drew, Mark Gonnerman, Harry Lee Wells

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice A. Keefe

Maria Reis Habito on Roger Corless, I Am Food: The Mass in Planetary Perspective, p. 161

Marwood Larson-Harris on Sulak Sivaraksa, Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World, p. 166

Terry C. Muck on Kristin Beise Kiblinger, Buddhist Inclusivism: Attitudes Towards Religious Others, p. 168

Rae Erin Dachille on Janet Gyatso and Hanna Havnevik, eds., Women in Tibet, p. 172

Rita M. Gross on Sallie B. King, Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism, p. 174

Brian Karafin on Stephanie Kaza, ed., Hooked! Buddhist Writings on Greed, Desire, and the Urge to Consume, and Paul F. Knitter and Chandra Muzaffar, eds., Subverting Greed: Religious Perspectives on the Global Economy, p. 179

Francis X. Clooney, S.J. on Jin Y. Park, ed., Buddhisms and Deconstructions, p. 182

Christian P. B. Haskett on Martin A. Mills, Identity, Ritual and State in Tibetan Buddhism: The Foundations of Authority in Gelukpa Monasticism, p. 187

Robert P. Kennedy on Ruben L. F. Habito, Living Zen, Loving God, p. 193

Amos Yong on Perry Schmidt-Leukel, ed., Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue: The Gerald Weisfeld Lectures 2004, and Perry Schmidt-Leukel, ed., Buddhism, Christianity and the Question of Creation: Karmic or Divine?, p. 196

Leo D. Lefebure on Paul O. Ingram, Wrestling with God, p. 201

Sarah K. Pinnock on Rita M. Gross and Terry C. Muck, eds., Christians Talk about Buddhist Meditation; Buddhists Talk about Christian Prayer, p. 204

EDITORIAL, p. iii

THINKING GLOBALLY: BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND ETHICS IN HONOR OF DAVID CHAPPELL

Introduction: Remarks in Memory of David W. Chappell, p. 3
Donald K. Swearer

COMPARATIVE ETHICS

Compassion as Justice, p. 13
Richard Reilly

Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances, p. 33
Perry Schmidt-Leukel

Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Religious Pluralism: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives, p. 51
John D’Arcy May

An Ethics of Justice in a Cross-Cultural Context, p. 61
Michael von Brück

Religion, the Globalization of War, and Restorative Justice, p. 79
Nathan Tierney

Global Healing and Reconciliation: The Gift and Task of Religion, a Buddhist-Christian Perspective, p. 89
Peter C. Phan

COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY

Losing the Self: Detachment in Meister Eckhart and Its Significance for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 111
Charlotte Radler

Speaking With and Away: What the Aporia of Ineffability Has to Say for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 119
Joseph Thometz

A New Direction for Comparative Studies of Buddhists and Christians: Evidence from Nāgārjuna and John of the Cross, p. 139
Abraham Vélez de Cea

ESSAYS

Divine Grace and the Play of Opposites, p. 159
Trent Pomplun

Jesus the World-Protector: Eighteenth-Century Gelukpa Historians View Christianity, p. 173
Michael Sweet

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry L. Wells

The 2005 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 181
Frances S. Adeney

Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies 2005 Annual Meeting, p. 183
Paul Swanson

The Seventh International Buddhist-Christian Conference: “Hear the Cries of the World”, p. 185
Darnise C. Martin

Conversion and Religious Identity in Buddhism and Christianity, p. 189
John D’Arcy May

East-West Exchange, p. 193
Fr. Pierre-François de Béthune

2005 International Lotus Sutra Conference, p. 195
Leo D. Lefebure

Northern California Zen/Ch’an – Catholic Dialogue, p. 199

Contemplation, Practice, and the Crossroads of Spirit, p. 201

22nd Niwano Peace Prize Commemorative Address, p. 203
Hans Küng

Opportunities, p. 209

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe

John Berthrong on James W. Heisig, Dialogues at One Inch above the Ground: Reclamations of Belief in an Interreligious Age, p. 213

Amos Yong on Peter Feldmeier, Christianity Looks East: Comparing the Spiritualities of John of the Cross and Buddhaghosa, p. 216

Rita M. Gross on Kim Gutschow, Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas, and Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, p. 220

Paul O. Ingram on James L. Fredericks, Buddhists and Christians through Comparative Theology and Solidarity, p. 223

Whalen Lai on Eric Reinders, Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies: Christian Missionaries Imagine Chinese Religion, p. 226

Patti M. Marxsen on Paul Claudel, Knowing the East, p. 229

Sarah K. Pinnock on John D’Arcy May, Transcendence and Violence: The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian, and Primal Traditions, p. 231

Paul O. Ingram on Paul S. Chung, Martin Luther and Buddhism: The Aesthetics of Suffering, p. 235

Christopher Key Chapple on Jay McDaniel, Gandhi’s Hope: Learning from Other Religions as a Path to Peace, p. 237

EDITORIAL, p. iii

IN MEMORIAM, p. v

INTERNATIONAL BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL ENCOUNTER

The International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter: Twenty Years of Dialogue, p. 3
Rita M. Gross

Religious Identity and Openness in a Pluralistic World, p. 9
David W. Chappell

Religious Identity and Openness in a Pluralistic World, p. 15
Rita M. Gross

Christian Identity and Genuine Openness to the Religious Beliefs of Others, p. 21
Schubert M. Ogden

Religious Identity and Openness in a Pluralistic World: A Christian View, p. 29
Rosemary Radford Ruether

Acceptance of the Other as a Similarly Valid Path and Awareness of One’s Self-Culpability: A Deepening Realization of My Religious Identity through Dialogue, p. 41
Kenneth K. Tanaka

ESSAYS

The Three Minds and Faith, Hope, and Love in Pure Land Buddhism, p. 49
Sharon Baker

Buddhism, Christianity, and Modern Science: A Response to Masao Abe, p. 67
Frank Fair

Was Jesus a Buddhist?, p. 75
James M. Hanson

Transformation to Eternity: Augustine’s Conversion to Mindfulness, p. 91
Jim Highland

Aquinas and Dogen on Entrance into the Religious Life, p. 109
Douglas K. Mikkelson

On the Conceivability of Artificially Created Enlightenment, p. 123
Paul Powell

Bible and Yoga: Toward an Esoteric Reading of Biblical Literature, p. 133
Susanne Scholz

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry L. Wells

The 2004 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 149
Frances S. Adeney

The 2004 Meeting of the Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 153
James W. Heisig

Transformation of Hearts and Minds: Chan Zen–Catholic Approaches to Precepts, p. 155
Harry L. Wells

The 2004 Gerald Weisfeld Lectures: Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue, p. 157
Perry Schmidt-Leukel

In Memoriam: Father Jacques Dupuis, p. 161
Greg Watts

In Memoriam: Brother Wayne Teasdale, p. 163
Jennifer Harris

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe

James L. Fredericks on Catherine Cornille, ed., Many Mansions? Multiple Religious Belonging and Christian Identity, p. 167

Christopher Ives on David R. Loy, The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory, p. 170

Rita M. Gross on Serinity Young, Courtesans and Tantric Consorts: Sexualities in Buddhist Narrative, Iconography, and Ritual, p. 174

Amos Yong on B. Alan Wallace, ed., Buddhism and Science: Breaking New Ground, p. 176

Paul O. Ingram on Arthur Zajonic, The New Physics and Cosmology: Dialogues with the Dalai Lama, p. 180

John Borelli on Jacques Dupuis, SJ, Christianity and the Religions: From Confrontation to Dialogue, p. 182

Brian Karafin on Phil Cousineau, ed., The Way Things Are: Conversations with Huston Smith on the Spiritual Life, p. 186

John D’Arcy May on Ray Riegert and Thomas Moore, The Lost Sutras of Jesus: Unlocking the Ancient Wisdom of the Xian Monks, and Lindsay Falvey, The Buddha’s Gospel: A Buddhist Interpretation of Jesus’ Words, p. 190

Christian P. B. Haskett on Georges B. J. Dreyfus, The Sound of Two Hands Clapping: The Education of a Tibetan Buddhist Monk, p. 192

Edward R. Falls on Jay L. Garfield, Empty Words: Buddhist Philosphy and Cross-Cultural Interpretation, p. 196

Carl Olson on Gereon Kopf, Beyond Personal Identity: Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self, p. 200

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD

Harold Kasimow, John P. Keenan, and Linda Klepinger Keenan, eds., Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians, and the Way of the Buddha, p. 205

BUDDHIST AND CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF SEX

Love, Lust, and Sex: A Christian Perspective, p. 1
John Berthrong

Finding Safe Harbor: Buddhist Sexual Ethics in America, p. 23
Stephanie Kaza

2003 SOCIETY FOR BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING

Christian Perspectives on Overcoming Greed in a Consumerist Society: Buying Fear as Collusion with Greed versus an Economy of Grace, p. 39
Paula M. Cooey

Overcoming Greed: An Eastern Christian Perspective, p. 47
Valerie A. Karras

Good Work: An Engaged Buddhist Response to the Dilemmas of Consumerism, p. 55
David Landis Barnhill

Overcoming Greed: Buddhists and Christians in Consumerist Society, p. 65
Paul F. Knitter

Overcoming Violence in Practice, p. 73
Sarah K. Pinnock

ESSAYS

A Mahayana Theology of the Real Presence of Christ in the Eucharist, p. 89
John P. Keenan

Satori: Toward A Conceptual Analysis, p. 101
Avery M. Fouts

Emptiness, Kenosis, History, and Dialogue: The Christian Response to Masao Abe’s Notion of “Dynamic Sunyata ” in the Early Years of the Abe-Cobb Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 117
Charles B. Jones

“That We May Know Each Other”: The Pluralist Hypothesis as a Research Paradigm, p. 135
Paul O. Ingram

Using Three-Vehicle Theory to Improve Buddhist Inclusivism, p. 159
Kristin Beise Kiblinger

Comparative Analysis of Shinran’s Shinjin and Calvin’s Faith, p. 171
Kenneth D. Lee

The Holy Spirit and the World Religions: On the Christian Discernment of Spirit(s) “after” Buddhism, p. 191
Amos Yong

A Mahayana Reading of Chalcedon Christology: A Chinese Response to John Keenan, p. 209
Lai Pan-Chiu

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry L. Wells

The 2003 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 231
Frances S. Adeney

Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 235
James W. Heisig

European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 237
John D’Arcy May

International Conference on Religion and Globalization, p. 241
Ruben Habito

Call for Proposals: The Seventh International Buddhist Christian Conference, “Hear the Cries of the World,” p.  245
Ruben Habito

Walking the Bodhisattva Path/Walking the Christ Path, p. 247
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops San Francisco Zen Center

Gethsemani II: Catholic and Buddhist Monastics Focus on Suffering, p. 249
Thomas Ryan, CSP

Pluralism Conference, p. 253
John Hick

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe

Alon Goshen-Gottstein and Paul L. Swanson on Harold Kasimow, John P. Keenan, and Linda Klepinger Keenan (eds.), Beside Still Waters: Jews, Christians and the Way of the Buddha, p. 259
Swanson Text

Brian Karafin on Janet K. Ruffing, Mysticism and Social Transformation, p. 264

Thomas P. Kasulis on Michiko Yusa, Zen and Philosophy: An Intellectual Biography of Nishida Kitarö, p. 268

Amos Yong on James W. Heisig, Philosophers of Nothingness: An Essay on the Kyoto School, and John Raymaker, A Buddhist-Christian Logic of the Heart: Nishida’s Kyoto School and Lonergan’s “Spiritual Genome” as World Bridge, p. 271

Roger Corless on Norman J. Girardot, The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge’s Oriental Pilgrimage, p. 276

Maria Reis Habito on Reinhard Neudecker, The Voice of God on Mount Sinai: Rabbinic Commentaries on Exodus 20:1 in Light of Sufi and Zen-Buddhist Texts, p. 278

Eric Sean Nelson on Steven Heine, Opening a Mountain: Köans of the Zen Masters, and Steven Heine and Dale S.Wright (eds.), The Köan: Texts and Contexts in Zen Buddhism, p. 284

Lucinda Peach on Ranjini Obeyesekere, Portraits of Buddhist Women, p. 289

Christopher Key Chapple on Paul Waldau, The Specter of Speciesism: Buddhist and Christian Views of Animals, p. 293

Robert Magliola on Carl Olson, Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy: Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking, p. 295

Newman Robert Glass on Joan Stambaugh, The Formless Self, p. 300

A. L. Herman on Gananath Obeyesekere, Imagining Karma, Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist and Greek Rebirth, p. 303

Paul O. Ingram on Beverly J. Lanzetta, The Other Side of Nothingness: Toward a Theology of Radical Openness, p. 306

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD

Paul Ingram and Sallie King, eds., The Sound of Liberating Truth: Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng, p. 313

EDITORIAL, p. iii

BUDDHIST AND CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF COMMUNITY

Some Reflections about Community and Survival, p. 3
Rita M. Gross

Re-Creating Christian Community: A Response to Rita M. Gross, p. 21
Donald W. Mitchell

2001 SOCIETY FOR BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING: DUAL BELONGING/PERSONAL JOURNEYS

Seeking Emancipation through Engagement: One Nichiren Buddhist’s Approach to Practice, p. 35
Bill Aiken

Wishing I Were Here: Postcards from My Religious Journey, p. 39
Grace G. Burford

Double Religious Belonging: Aspects and Questions, p. 43
Catherine Cornille

Buddhist? Christian? Both? Neither?, p. 51
Ruben L. F. Habito

Penetrating the Big Pattern, p. 55
Stephanie Kaza

Retracing Buddhist Encounters, p. 61
Ursula King

Double Religious Belonging: A Process Approach, p. 67
Jay McDaniel

Responses, p. 77
Jeffrey Carlson

ESSAYS

“Soul-less” Christianity and the Buddhist Empirical Self: Buddhist-Christian Convergence?, p. 87
Charlene Burns

Persons and Awareness, p. 101
Tyson Anderson

Conscience, Citizenship, and Global Responsibilities, p. 117
Richard Reilly

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry L. Wells

The 2002 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 135
Alice Keefe

Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 139
James W. Heisig

The Seventh International Buddhist-Christian Conference, p. 141
Ruben L. F. Habito

Catholic and Buddhist Monastics Focus on Suffering, p. 143
Thomas Ryan

Buddhists and Christians: Praying for Peace in the World, p. 147
Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe

David R. Loy on Whalen Lai & Michael von Brück, Buddhism and Christianity: A Multicultural History of Their Dialogue, p. 151

Sarah K. Pinnock and Miriam Levering on Rita M. Gross and Rosemary Radford Ruether, Religius Feminism and the Future of the Planet: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation, p. 155

Roger Corless on Norman Fischer, Benedict’s Dharma: Buddhist Reflections on the Rule of Saint Benedict, p. 159

Jan Willis on Judith Simmer-Brown, Dakini’s Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism, p. 161

Catherine Cornille on James Arraj, Christianity in the Crucible of East-West Dialogue. A Critical Look at Catholic Participation and God, Zen and the Intuition of Being, p. 165

Harold Coward on Robert Jingen Gunn, Journey into Emptiness: Dogen, Merton, Jung, and the Quest for Transformation, p. 167

Brian Karafin on David Loy, A Buddhist History of the West: Studies in Lack, p. 170

Robert E. Kennedy on Tom Chetwynd, Zen and the Kingdom of Heaven, p. 174

John D’Arcy May on Perry Schmidt-Leukel with Gerhard Köberlin and Thomas Josef Götz, Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus, p. 178

Terry C. Muck on Sanitsuda Ekachai, Keeping the Faith: Thai Buddhism at the Crossroads, p. 181

Katherine M. Pickar on Robert Kennedy, Zen Gifts to Christians, p. 183

Frank M. Tedesco on Sumi Loundon, Blue Jean Buddha: Voices of Young Buddhists, p. 187

Jonathan S. Walters on Anne M. Blackburn, Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture, p. 189

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD

Donald Mitchell and James Wiseman, eds., The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics, p. 197

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EDITORIAL

BUDDHIST AND CHRISTIAN VIEWS OF ECONOMICS

Economic Aspects of Social and Environmental Violence
John B. Cobb Jr.

A Christian Critique of Economics
Carol Johnston

Remedying Globalization and Consumerism: Joining the Inner and Outer Journeys in “Perfect Balance”
Judith Simmer-Brown

Economic Aspects of Social and Environmental Violence from a Buddhist Perspective
Sulak Sivaraksa

BUDDHIST RESPONSES TO CHRISTIAN SPIRITUAL PRACTICE

Formal Practice: Buddhist or Christian
Robert Aitken

Meditation and Prayer: A Comparative Inquiry
Rita M. Gross

Christian Prayer Seen from the Eye of a Buddhist
Kenneth K. Tanaka

Jesus Prayer and the Nembutsu
Taitetsu Unno

A Christian Response to Buddhist Reflections on Prayer
Donald W. Mitchell

A Response to Reflections on Buddhist and Christian Religious Practices
Ursula King

BEYOND EXCLUSIVE-INCLUSIVE-PLURALIST
2000 SOCIETY FOR BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN STUDIES ANNUAL MEETING

Instrumentality, Complexity, and Reason: A Christian Approach to Religions
Terry C. Muck

Beyond the Usual Alternatives? Buddhist and Christian Approaches to Other Religions
Virginia Straus

Beyond the Usual Alternatives in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: A Trinitarian Pluralist Approach
Harry L. Wells

Response to Harry L. Wells
Frances S. Adeney

ESSAYS

A Mahayana Theology of Salvation History
John P. Keenan

Buddhist-Christian Complementarity in the Perspective of Quantum Physics
Lai Pan-Chiu

Emptiness and Dogma
Joseph S. O’Leary

NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry Wells

The 2001 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Edward L. Shirley

Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies
Paul Swanson

The 2001 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter
Donald Mitchell

Fourth Conference of the European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies
John D’Arcy May

Benedict’s Dharma
James Wiseman

Conference on Pure Land Buddhism in Dialogue with Christian Theology
James Fredericks

The Taipai, Taiwan, Museum of World Religions
Maria Reis Habito

BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe

Taitetsu Unno on Dennis Hirota (ed.), Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World
Paul O. Ingram on Dennis Hirota (ed.), Toward a Contemporary Understanding of Pure Land Buddhism: Creating a Shin Buddhist Theology in a Religiously Plural World

Clarke Hudson on Richard Hughes Seager, Buddhism in America and Charles S. Prebish, Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America

Lucinda Joy Peach on Mary Evelyn Tucker and Duncan Ryuken Williams (eds.), Buddhism and Ecology: The Interconnection of Dharma and Deeds

Richard B. Pilgrim on Roger R. Jackson and John J. Makransky (eds.), Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
John P. Keenan on Roger R. Jackson and John J. Makransky (eds.), Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars

Roger Corless on Jan Willis, Dreaming Me: An African American Woman’s Spiritual Journey

Charles S. Prebish on Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics: Foundations, Values and Issues

Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann on Reinhard Kirste, Paul Schwarzenau and Udo Tworuschka (eds.), Religionen im Gespräch (Rig 6): Hoffnungszeichen Globaler Gemeinschaft

Terry C. Muck on Kevin Trainor, Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism: Rematerializing the Sri Lankan Theravada Tradition

Amos Yong on Steve Odin, The Social Self in Zen and American Pragmatism

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD
James Fredericks Interview

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EDITORIAL, p. iii
In Memoriam: Wilfred Cantwell Smith
In Memoriam: Winston L. King

VIOLENCE, NONVIOLENCE, PEACE
In two papers from the 1999 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter Group, David Lochhead and Michio T. Shinozaki write about violence and peace from Christian and Buddhist perspectives.

Monotheistic Violence, p. 3
David Lochhead

Peace and Nonviolence from a Mahayana Buddhist Perspective: Nikkyo Niwano’s Thought, p. 13
Michio T. Shinozaki

CHRISTIAN RESPONSES TO BUDDHIST SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
Can Christians use Buddhist spiritual practices with integrity? If so, how? What might Buddhists respond to that? Five Christians and two Buddhists address the issues.

How I, a Christian, Have Learned from Buddhist Practice, or “The Frog Sat on the Lily Pad … Not Waiting,” p. 33
Frances S. Adeney

What I Know and Don’t Know: A Christian Reflects on Buddhist Practice, p. 37
Mary Frohlich

On the Practice of Faith: A Lutheran’s Interior Dialogue with Buddhism, p. 43
Paul O. Ingram

Readiness: Preparing for the Path, p. 51
Terry C. Muck

In Contrast to Sentimentality: Buddhist and Christian Sobriety, p. 57
Bardwell Smith

A Buddhist Reflects (Practices Reflection) on Some Christians’ Reflections on Buddhist Practices, p. 63
Grace Burford

Christian Experiences with Buddhist Spirituality: A Response, p. 69
Robert Thurman

ESSAYS

Review Essay: Buddhists Talk About Jesus, Christians Talk About the Buddha, p. 75
Paul O. Ingram

The Distinction between ego (e) and ego-Self (e/S): Notes on Religious Practice Based upon Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 95
Yagi Seiichi

NEWS AND VIEWS
Edited by Harry L. Wells

The 2000 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 103
Edward L. Shirley

Sixth International Conference of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 107
John Berthrong

Seventh International Buddhist-Christian Conference, p. 109
David W. Chappell

Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 113
Paul Swanson

The Earth Charter: Buddhist and Christian Approaches, p. 115
Bill Aiken

The Lotus Sutra and Process Philosophy, p. 119
Philip E. Devenish

International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter Group, p. 123
John Berthrong

BOOK REVIEWS
Edited by Alice A. Keefe

Sulak Sivaraksa on Sallie King and Paul Ingram (eds.), The Sound of Liberating Truth: Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng, p. 129

Catherine Cornille on James L. Fredericks, Faith Among Faiths: Christian Theology and Non-Christian Religions, p. 130

Robert Branch on Charles B. Jones, Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990, p. 133

Grace G. Burford on Rita M. Gross, Soaring and Settling: Buddhist Perspectives on Contemporary Social and Religious Issues, p. 135

John May on Armin Münch, Dimensionen der Lehre: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im Christlichbuddistischen Dialog, p. 139

Judith L. Poxon on Douglas Allen (ed.), Culture and Self: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives, East and West, p. 140

Frank M. Tedesco on Thinley Norbu, Welcoming Flowers from Across the Cleansed Threshold of Hope: An Answer to the Pope’s Criticism of Buddhism, p. 144

Joseph S. O’Leary on Dale S. Wright, Philosophical Meditations on Zen Buddhism, p. 147

David R. Loy on Ron Leifer, The Happiness Project: Transforming the Three Poisons that Cause the Suffering We Inflict on Ourselves and Others, p. 151

Kenneth Kraft on David W. Chappell (ed.), Buddhist Peacework: Creating Cultures of Peace, p. 155

Amos Yong on Jacques Dupuis, Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism, p. 157

Sybille Fritsch-Oppermann, on Werner Schüssler, “Was uns Unbedingt Angeht”: Studien zur Theologie und Philosophie Paul Tillich, p. 161

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CONSUMERISM AND ECOLOGY
Although it is both possible and legitimate to object to consumerism on moral and theological grounds, one of the most compelling arguments against the economic system that currently dominates the world is ecological. Consumerism is depleting our resources and ruining the environment. Gordon Kaufman and Stephanie Kaza relate different aspects of the problem in papers presented at the 1998 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Ecological Consciousness and the Symbol “God”, p. 3
Gordon Kaufman

Overcoming the Grip of Consumerism, p. 23
Stephanie Kaza

RITUAL PRACTICE
The theme of the 1999 annual meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies at Orlando, Florida, was “Ritual Practice.” Three Buddhists and three Christians explored various facets of Buddhist and Christian views of ritual practice.

BUDDHIST VIEWS ON RITUAL PRACTICE

Becoming a Real Person, p. 45
Stephanie Kaza

Mahayana Buddhist Ritual and Ethical Activity in the World, p. 54
John Makransky

Protestant Character of Modern Buddhist Movements, p. 59
Yukio Matsudo

CHRISTIAN VIEWS ON RITUAL PRACTICE

Society and Sacrament, p. 71
Nicholas Groves

Concerning Ritual Practice and Ethics in Buddhism, p. 84
Donald Mitchell

The Ongoing Creation of Loving Community, p. 90
Jay Rock

ESSAYS

Understanding Shinran: A Dialogical Approach, p. 95
Alfred Bloom

Pretending to be Buddhist and Christian: Thich Nhat Hanh and the Two Truths of Religious Identity, p. 115
Jeffrey Carlson

They Who Burned Themselves for Peace: Quaker and Buddhist Self-Immolators During the Vietnam War, p. 127
Sallie B. King

Santayana and Buddhism: The Choice Between the Cross and the Bo Tree, p. 151
Paul Grimley Kuntz

Interfaith Dialogue Between the Chinese Buddhist Leader Taixu and Christians, p. 167
Darui Long

In the Beginning: Hebrew God and Zen Nothingness, p. 191
Milton Scarborough

Christian Insight Meditation: A Test Case on Interreligious Spirituality, p. 217
Springs Steele

NEWS AND VIEWS
Edited by Harry L. Wells

The 1999 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist Christian Studies, p. 233
Edward L. Shirley

The 1999 Meeting of the Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 237
James Heisig

Korean Temple Burnings and Violence: The Response of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 239
Harry Wells

The 1999 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter, p. 241
Barbara Bernstein

Christ and Buddha: Weaving a Path for the New Millennium, p. 247
Thomas Hand

World Parliament of Religions–Cape Town, South Africa, p. 249
Jim Kenney

Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes: 3rd Conference of European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 257
John D’Arcy May

BOOK REVIEWS
Edited by Alice A. Keefe

Susan Postal on David Hackett, The Silent Dialogue: Zen Letters to a Trappist Monk
and Robert E. Kennedy, Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: The Place of Zen in Christian Life, p. 263

Christopher Chapple on A. L. Herman, Community, Violence, and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century, p. 266

Mark Wood on David Loy ed., Healing Deconstruction: Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity, p. 268

Lucinda Peach on Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed., Buddhist Women Across Cultures, p. 278

Donald Luck on Paul Ingram, Wrestling with the Ox: A Theology of Religious Experience, p. 283

David Chappell on Harold Roth, Original Tao: Inward Training and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism; Livia Kohn, Laughing at the Tao: Debates Among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China; Bartholomew P. M. Tsui, Taoist Tradition and Change: The Story of the Complete Perfection Sect in Hong Kong; and Kenneth Dean, Lord of the Three in One: The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China, p. 288

Lonnie Valentine on Daniel Smith-Christopher, ed., Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions, p. 293

Roger Corless on Jerome Ducor, Le Sutra d’Amida Preche par Le Buddha, p. 297

Joseph Waligore on Thomas Tweed and Stephen Prothero, Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History, p. 299

Don Mitchell on Byron Sherwin and Harold Kasimow, eds., John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue, p. 304

Ruben Habito on Aloysius Pieris, Fire and Water: Basic Issues in Asian Buddhism and Christianity,, p. 311

Joseph O’Leary on Katrin Amell, Contemplation et Dialogue: Quelques Examples de Dialogue Entre Spiritualites Apres Le Concile Vatican II, and Robert Aitken and David Steindle-Rast, The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian, p. 315

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD
David Loy, Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism, p. 321

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EDITORIAL, pp. iii-iv

TEXTS
Both Buddhism and Christianity rely on religious texts as an important part of their history, beliefs, and practices. Rich perspectives can be gained when we look at one another’s texts through our respective tradition’s eyes. Often we find rich resonances. We also find provocative differences.

The Lotus Sutra as Good News, pp. 3-17
Paul Griffiths

Buddhism and Christianity: The Meeting Place, pp. 19-34
Stephen Morris

Critique of “Buddhism and Christianity: The Meeting Place,” pp. 35-40
John Keenan

THE BUDDHIST CHRISTIAN STUDIES INTERVIEW

Gordon Kaufman Interview, pp. 43-47
Terry C. Muck And Rita M. Gross
Gordon Kaufman, emeritus professor of theology at Harvard Divinity School, has been a member of the Cobb-Abe Buddhist-Christian dialogue since its inception in 1987. As he mentions below, that experience has profoundly affected his work as a theologian and his conviction that theology is an activity of “the imaginative construction of a comprehensive and coherent picture of humanity in the world under God.” This perspective has characterized his work from Systematic Theology (1968) through his more recent In Face of Mystery: A Constructive Theology (1993). Rita Gross and Terry Muck, coeditors of Buddhist-Christian Studies, explored with Gordon the important role Buddhism has played in his theological construction.

JESUS CHRIST THROUGH BUDDHIST EYES AND GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA THROUGH CHRISTIAN EYES
Historians of religion often call Buddhism and Christianity ‘founded’ religions because unlike many of the world’s religious traditions, they both have human founders. Naturally, as founders, Jesus and Gautama are seen by Christians and Buddhists as key figures, although they play different roles in each tradition. In this age of religious pluralism, however, both also play growing roles in the ‘other’ religious tradition. To begin to gauge the nature of this growing role, Christians in the following set of articles comment on Gautama the Buddha, and Buddhists comment on Jesus the Christ.

JESUS CHRIST THROUGH BUDDHIST EYES

Jesus through a Buddhist’s Eyes, pp. 51-61
José Ignacio Cabezón

This Buddhist’s View of Jesus, pp. 62-75
Rita M. Gross

Christ as the Truth, the Light, the Life, but a Way?, pp. 76-80
Bokin Kim

Jesus, Man of Sin: Toward a New Christology in the Global Era, pp. 81-91
Soho Machida

CHRISTIAN RESPONES

Jesus and Buddhism: A Christian View, pp. 93-97
Marcus J. Borg

Exclusivity and Particularity, pp. 97-99
John Dominic Crossan

GAUTAMA THE BUDDHA THROUGH CHRISTIAN EYES

The Buddha through Christian Eyes, pp. 101-105
Elizabeth J. Harris

The Buddha, pp. 105-113
Terry Muck

Buddha Loves Me! This I Know, for the Dharma Tells Me So, pp. 113-120
Donald K. Swearer

A Christian’s Appreciation of the Buddha, pp. 121-128
Bonnie Thurston

BUDDHIST RESPONSES

If the Buddha Is So Great, Why Are These People Christian?, pp. 129-133
Grace G. Burford

Contrasting Images of the Buddha, pp. 133-136
Taitetsu Unno

NISHITANI
The Japanese Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies devoted much of its work at the 1996 International Conference of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies at DePaul University in Chicago to the work of Keiji Nishitani. We selected for publication in Buddhist-Christian Studies three of the many fine papers presented in Chicago on the work of this important twentieth-century Buddhist thinker.

Nihilism, Science, and Emptiness in Nishitani, pp. 139-154
Hase Shoto

Religion and Science: Nishitani’s View of Nihility and Emptiness — A Pure Land Buddhist Critique, pp. 155-163
Ryusei Takeda

Buddhist Philosophy and New Testament Theology, pp. 165-172
Yagi Seiichi

NEWS AND VIEWS
Edited by Harry L. Wells

The 1998 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, pp. 175-177
Peggy Starkey

The Sixth International Buddhist-Christian Conference, August 5­12, 2000, pp. 179-180
Paul Ingram

Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Promises and Pitfalls, pp. 181-186
Mark Berkson

Word and Silence in Buddhist and Christian Traditions, pp. 187-190
Donald Mitchell

Buddhist-Catholic Retreat/Dialogue, pp. 191-192
John Borelli

Proceedings of the 1998 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter, pp. 193-197
Barbara Fields Bernstein and Brian Muldoon

Christians and Buddhists: Together in Hope, pp. 199-200
Cardinal Francis Arinze

The 1999 Parliament of World’s Religions, pp. 201-204
Jim Kenney

BOOK REVIEWS
Edited by Alice A. Keefe

Edward L. Shirley on Christopher Ives (ed.), Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation with Masao Abe, pp. 207-210

Don G. Luck on John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark: A Mahayana Reading, pp. 210-212

Robert E. Goss on Robert Aiken, Original Dwelling Place: Zen Essays, pp. 212-215

Roger Corless on Robert Magliola, On Deconstructing Life-Worlds: Buddhism, Christianity, Culture, pp. 216-218

Lucinda Joy Peach on Tessa Bartholomeusz, Women under the Bo Tree, pp. 218-223

Corinne Dempsey on China Galland, Longing For Darkness: Tara and the Black Madonna; a Ten-Year Journey, pp. 224-227

Brian Karafin on Anne Carolyn Klein, Meeting the Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, and the Art of the Self, pp. 227-232

David G. Hackett on Donald W. Mitchell and James Wiseman (eds.),
The Gethsemani Encounter: A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics, pp. 232-235

Sulak Sivaraksha on Kamala Tivavanich, Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-Century Thailand, pp. 235-236

FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD
Joseph O’Leary, Religious Pluralism and Christian Truth, pp. 239-241

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