The Celestial Web: Buddhism and Christianity: A Different Comparison

A leading scholar of religion applies a new method of interfaith understanding to Buddhist-Christian comparative theology providing...
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Author: Perry Schmidt-Leukel
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The Celestial Web: Buddhism and Christianity: A Different Comparison by Schmidt-Leukel, Perry

The Celestial Web: Buddhism and Christianity: A Different Comparison

BD$82.49

The Celestial Web: Buddhism and Christianity: A Different Comparison

BD$82.49
Author: Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Format: Paperback
Language: English

A leading scholar of religion applies a new method of interfaith understanding to Buddhist-Christian comparative theology providing rich new insights for students and scholars alike.

In his ground-breaking Gifford Lectures, published as Religious Pluralism & Interreligious Dialogue, Perry Schmidt-Leukel introduced his "fractal" theory of religions, challenging the tendency to distinguish religious traditions as discrete entities without acknowledging the wide variety within them, varieties essentially reproduced in different religious traditions.

After offering an introduction to this new methodology to comparative religion, Schmidt-Leukel, in The Celestial Web, applies this method to a comparison between Buddhism and Christianity. Some of the points of comparison include their respective approaches to the world, ultimate reality, the "dark side" of human existence, and salvation/liberation in terms of the figures mediating it.

Stereotypical approaches often treat these traditions as opposites, for instance, positing that Buddhism embraces an impersonal absolute, whereas Christianity affirms the primacy of one's relationship with a personal God. Yet the fractal approach, which examines "intra-religious" varieties within the two traditions, reveals surprising points of congruence.



Author: Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Publisher: Orbis Books
Published: 10/23/2024
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.06w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9781626985933

About the Author
Perry Schmidt-Leukel is Professor of Religious Studies and Intercultural Theology, University of Munster, and director of the Institute for Religious Studies and Interfaith Theology. Author of a dozen books in German and English, including his Gifford Lectures (Orbis): Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Dialogue.

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