Transcendence and Violence: The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian, and Primal Traditions

Type

Book

Authors

John D'Arcy May

ISBN 10

082641513X

ISBN 13

9780826415134

Tags

Comparative Religion

Description

The first two parts of this book present four detailed historical studies, filled with Geertzian "thick description," of the encounters of Christianity and Buddhism (universal religions with a high quotient of "transcendence") with various primal religious traditions ("biocosmic" or "immanentist") of the Asian-Pacific region, namely, Aboriginal Australia and Melanesia (Christianity) and Sri Lanka and Japan (Buddhism). In each case, the encounters represented a failure of the "great" traditions. In the third, constructive and theological part of the book, the author shows how an acknowledgment of these failures may provide a back door to dialogue. - from Amzon

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