The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation by Cobb, John B.

The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781597524216)

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The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation by Cobb, John B.

The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation

$31.00
The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation by Cobb, John B.

The Emptying God: A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation

$31.00
Format: Paperback
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Masao Abe is widely acknowledged as a leader in the worldwide dialogue on Buddhism. A profound scholar of Buddhism and of Christian theology, his critical and constructive reflections culminate in the seminal essay that is the cornerstone of this volume. Seven eminent scholars respond to the challenge of Abe's construal of Kenotic God and Dynamic Sunyata. Abe demonstrates powerfully the dynamism of the Buddhist appreciation of the divine Emptiness at the heart of Being. His essay suggests how the doctrine of sunyata can provide a needed corrective to the reified understanding of God prominent in Jewish and Christian traditions. Abe opens the way for new and deeper engagement of these traditions with the wisdom of Buddhism. Leading Christian and Jewish theologians--Thomas J. J. Altizer, Eugene Borowitz, John B. Cobb, Jr., Catherine Keller, Schubert M. Ogden, Jurgen Moltmann, and David Tracy--respond to Abe's challenge. From perspectives as diverse as American feminism, post-Holocaust Judaism, process thought, and hermeneutics, they reply to Abe's proposals for considering God to be intrinsically self-emptying. Abe responds to these essays in a conclusion. Provocative and illuminating, The Emptying God shows how interfaith dialogue, at its very best, provides materials for the mutual transformation of all traditions.

Author: John B. Cobb
ISBN-10: 1597524212
ISBN-13: 9781597524216
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 10/11/2005
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.74w x 0.50d
By John B. Cobb
By John B. Cobb
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John B. Cobb, Jr. is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. Described by historian Gary Dorrien as one of the two most important North American theologians of the twentieth century, Cobb is the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, and the author of more than fifty books. In 2014, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cobb is a founding co-director of the Center for Process Studies and Professor Emeritus of Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University.

Christopher Ives is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts. He is also the editor of 'Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness' (1995).

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