{"product_id":"what-christians-can-learn-from-kristin-johnston-largen-9780800663285","title":"What Christians Can Learn from Buddhism: Rethinking Salvation","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a truism in the study of religion that to understand one's owntradition truly one must inhabit another's deeply. Kristin JohnstonLargen in this exciting volume takes the reader on such a pilgrimageinto Buddhism, to ultimately address what we as Christians might meanby salvation. In the last generation, lay Christians have already trodinto Buddhism to see the tradition for themselves. So this exercise incomparative theology employs interreligious dialogue as an integraland imperative part of Christian theology today. It first exploresthe model of comparative theology and the meanings of salvation, orsoteriology, in Christian tradition. It then reviews the chiefoutlines of the Buddhist worldview and explores the concept ofsalvation in Buddhism - nirvana, achieved through emptiness - and how itinforms a host of Buddhist practices. Only then does Largen return tothe Christian tradition to show not only what Buddhists can teach usabout themselves but also about ourselves. Critically corrected bythis larger religious context, Largen demonstrates, Christiansoteriology can be enriched and enlivened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristin Johnston Largen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0800663284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800663285\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.03h x 4.31w x 0.46d","brand":"Kristin Johnston Largen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46806919938303,"sku":"9780800663285","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c17df076-eb75-488b-a200-71c10e908e18.jpg?v=1745378076","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/what-christians-can-learn-from-kristin-johnston-largen-9780800663285","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}