Heim Crucified Wisdom

Theological Reflection on Christ and the Bodhisattva
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-0-8232-8126-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 6, 336 Seiten

Reihe: Comparative Theology: Thinking Across Traditions

The first systematic discussion of the bodhisattva path in Mahayana Buddhism from a Christian theological perspective.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heim, S. Mark

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments ixIntroduction: The Bodhisattva Path and the Christ Path 1
Comparative Theology as Christian Theology • Some Historical Background • Theology of Religious Pluralism • Plan of This BookI Two Paths
1 Two Problems,
Two Miracles 25
What to Study? • Bridging Gaps • The Miracle of the Bodhisattva • The Miracle of the Great
Exchange • Matchless WondersII Perfection of Wisdom and the Bodhisattva
Path in Santideva
2 The Bodhisattva Path 59
Undertaking the Way of Enlightenment: Text and Reader • Cultivating Awakening Mind: Starting Where We Are
3 Extreme Wisdom, Groundless Compassion 82
Expanding and Dispelling the Self • Perfection of Wisdom • Back to the Bodhisattva • Being BuddhaIII Christian Reflections
4 The Bodhisattva as Aspirant: Creatures and No-Self 127
Creatures and No-Self • The Blessings of Emptiness • Mimetic Self: Too Little or Too Much? • No-Self and the Cross5 The Bodhisattva as Buddha: Immanence and Emptiness 165
Buddha Nature • Theosis, Divine Energies, and Bare Awareness • Attainment and History • Attainment and Self-Consciousness • Practicing Bare Immanence • Christ and the Bodhisattva6 How Do Buddhas Help?: Bodhisattva as Benefactor and Christ as Savior 209
Many Faces of Compassion • Three Ways That Bodhisattvas Help • Deity and Benefactor Meditation • Christian Reflections • Benefactor Practices in Christian Perspective • Bodhisattva and Christ I: Diversity and Person-Making • Bodhisattva and Christ II: Why Christ Suffers and Bodhisattvas Don’tConclusion: Crucified Wisdom 261Notes 271Works Cited 309Index 321

Über Autor(innen)

Heim S. Mark:
S. Mark Heim is the Samuel Abbot Professor of Christian Theology at Andover Newton Seminary at Yale Divinity School. His books include Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion, The Depth of the Riches: A Trinitarian Theology of Religious Ends, Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross, and Crucified Wisdom: Christ and the Bodhisattva in Theological Reflection.S. Mark Heim is Samuel Abbot Professor of Theology at Andover Newton Seminary at Yale and a Visiting Professor at Yale Divinity School. He is the author and editor of several books, the most recent of which is Saved from Sacrifice: A Theology of the Cross.