The Spirit and Nature in the Christianity-Buddhism-Science Trialogue Yong, Amos. creator text Electronic books. ne Leiden BRILL 2012 monographic eng

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1 online resource (298 p.) The interjection of pneumatology in both theologies of interreligious dialogue and in the theology-and-science conversation comes together in this volume. The resulting Christianity-Buddhism-science trialogue opens up to new pneumatological perspectives on philosophical cosmology and anthropology in interdisciplinary and global context. Preface; Chapter One Introduction Spirit, Science, and the Religions: Pneumatology and Philosophy of Nature in a Pluralistic World; 1.1 Thinking about Nature: Methodological Issues in the Science-and-Religion Discussion; 1.2 Considering the Religions: Interfaith Dialogue and the Buddhist-Christian Encounter; 1.3 Starting with the Spirit: Pneumatology and the Christian-Buddhist-Science Trialogue; Part One Pneuma: Divine Presence and Nature in the Theology and Science Dialogue; Chapter Two Spirit and Science: An Emerging Dialogue; 2.1 Spirit and Science: What Kind of Relationship? 2.2 Spirit, Theology, and Science: Emerging Trajectories2.3 Pneumatology and Field Theory; Chapter Three Spirit and Creation: Pneumatology, Genesis 1, and Modern Science; 3.1 Spirit and the Creation Narrative; 3.2 Spirit and Emergence; 3.3 Spirit, Systems Theory, and Divine Activity; Chapter Four Spirit and Human Nature: The Breath of Life, Genesis 1-2, and the Neurosciences; 4.1 Genesis and the Emergence of the Human; 4.2 Mind, Body, and the Neurosciences; 4.3 Divine Presence and Contemporary Theological Anthropology; Part Two Shunyata: Nature and Science in Mahayana Buddhism Chapter Five Buddhism and Contemporary Science5.1 The Buddhist-Science Dialogue: An Overview; 5.2 Mind and Life: Contemporary Tibetan Buddhism and Science; 5.3 Emptiness, Science, and the Kyoto School; Chapter Six Shunyata: The Nature of the World in Mahayana Traditions; 6.1 Madhyamaka and the Emergence of Shunyata; 6.2 Huayen: Emptiness and Form; 6.3 Basho and the Emptying "Field" in Contemporary Cosmology; Chapter Seven Self and Becoming Human in Buddhism and Science; 7.1 "Non-Self," "True-Self," and the Neurosciences; 7.2 Buddhist Contemplation and the Science of Consciousness 7.3 Shunyata and Human NaturingPart Three Pneuma and Shunyata: Nature, the Environment, and the Christian-Buddhist-Science Trialogue; Chapter Eight Spirit, Nature, Humanity: A Trialogical Conversation; 8.1 Pneuma and Shunyata: Science and Comparative Theology; 8.2 Pneuma and Pratityasamutpada: On Cosmology and Philosophy of Nature; 8.3 Pneuma and Anatman: On Human Being and Becoming; Chapter Nine Spirit and Method: Science, Religion, and Comparative Theology; 9.1 Interpreting the Human: Pneumato-christological Perspectives; 9.2 Interpreting the Cosmos: Pneumato-theological Approaches 9.3 Method in Science and Religion: A Pneumatological AssistChapter Ten Spirit and Environment: Toward a Christian Ecological Ethic "After" Buddhism; 10.1 Pneumatological Theology and the Environment; 10.2 Buddhist Self-Emptying and the Environment; 10.3 Toward a Pneumato-ecological Ethic: Christian-Buddhist Convergences; Epilogue; Bibliography; Name Index; Subject Index Description based upon print version of record. Buddhism -- Relations -- Christianity Christianity and other religions -- Buddhism Religion and science Religion and science Christianity and other religions Buddhism Buddhism Relations Christianity RELIGION / Christian Life / Social Issues RELIGION / Christianity / General BL240.3 .Y65 2012 261.2/43 261.243 Yong, Amos Leiden : BRILL,c2012 9789004230491 (electronic bk.) 9004230491 (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1158494 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=552278 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1158494 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=552278 EBLCP 130330 20200709055757.0 ocn833766156 eng