The cosmic breath : spirit and nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-science trialogue /

The cosmic breath : spirit and nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-science trialogue /

Recent thinking in the interfaith dialogue and in the theology-science dialogue have taken a "pneumatological turn." The Cosmic Breath explores this pneumatological theology as unfolded in the Christian-Buddhist dialogue alongside critical interaction with the theology-and-science conversa...

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Main Author: Yong, Amos.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Series: Philosophical Studies in Science and Religion 4.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2009, ISBN: 9789004223097.

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Religion and science.
Christianity and other religions > Buddhism.
Buddhism > Relations > Christianity.

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Call Number: BL240.3 .Y65 2012

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1. Introduction-Spirit, Science, and the Religions: Pneumatology and Philosophy of Nature in a Pluralistic World
  • 2. Spirit and Science: An Emerging Dialogue
  • 3. Spirit and Creation: Pneumatology, Genesis 1, and Modern Science
  • 4. Spirit and Human Nature: The Breath of Life, Genesis 1-2, and the Neurosciences
  • 5. Buddhism and Contemporary Science
  • 6. Shunyata: The Nature of the World in Mahayana Traditions
  • 7. Self and Becoming Human in Buddhism and Science
  • 8. Spirit, Nature, Humanity: A Trialogical Conversation
  • 9. Spirit and Method: Science, Religion, and Comparative Theology
  • 10. Spirit and Environment: Toward a Christian Ecological Ethic "after" Buddhism
  • Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index.