EDITORIAL, p. iii
CONSUMERISM AND ECOLOGY
Although it is both possible and legitimate to object to consumerism on moral and theological grounds, one of the most compelling arguments against the economic system that currently dominates the world is ecological. Consumerism is depleting our resources and ruining the environment. Gordon Kaufman and Stephanie Kaza relate different aspects of the problem in papers presented at the 1998 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Ecological Consciousness and the Symbol “God”, p. 3
Gordon Kaufman
Overcoming the Grip of Consumerism, p. 23
Stephanie Kaza
RITUAL PRACTICE
The theme of the 1999 annual meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies at Orlando, Florida, was “Ritual Practice.” Three Buddhists and three Christians explored various facets of Buddhist and Christian views of ritual practice.
BUDDHIST VIEWS ON RITUAL PRACTICE
Becoming a Real Person, p. 45
Stephanie Kaza
Mahayana Buddhist Ritual and Ethical Activity in the World, p. 54
John Makransky
Protestant Character of Modern Buddhist Movements, p. 59
Yukio Matsudo
CHRISTIAN VIEWS ON RITUAL PRACTICE
Society and Sacrament, p. 71
Nicholas Groves
Concerning Ritual Practice and Ethics in Buddhism, p. 84
Donald Mitchell
The Ongoing Creation of Loving Community, p. 90
Jay Rock
ESSAYS
Understanding Shinran: A Dialogical Approach, p. 95
Alfred Bloom
Pretending to be Buddhist and Christian: Thich Nhat Hanh and the Two Truths of Religious Identity, p. 115
Jeffrey Carlson
They Who Burned Themselves for Peace: Quaker and Buddhist Self-Immolators During the Vietnam War, p. 127
Sallie B. King
Santayana and Buddhism: The Choice Between the Cross and the Bo Tree, p. 151
Paul Grimley Kuntz
Interfaith Dialogue Between the Chinese Buddhist Leader Taixu and Christians, p. 167
Darui Long
In the Beginning: Hebrew God and Zen Nothingness, p. 191
Milton Scarborough
Christian Insight Meditation: A Test Case on Interreligious Spirituality, p. 217
Springs Steele
NEWS AND VIEWS
Edited by Harry L. Wells
The 1999 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist Christian Studies, p. 233
Edward L. Shirley
The 1999 Meeting of the Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 237
James Heisig
Korean Temple Burnings and Violence: The Response of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 239
Harry Wells
The 1999 International Buddhist-Christian Theological Encounter, p. 241
Barbara Bernstein
Christ and Buddha: Weaving a Path for the New Millennium, p. 247
Thomas Hand
World Parliament of Religions–Cape Town, South Africa, p. 249
Jim Kenney
Jesus Through Buddhist Eyes: 3rd Conference of European Network of Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 257
John D’Arcy May
BOOK REVIEWS
Edited by Alice A. Keefe
Susan Postal on David Hackett, The Silent Dialogue: Zen Letters to a Trappist Monk
and Robert E. Kennedy, Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit: The Place of Zen in Christian Life, p. 263
Christopher Chapple on A. L. Herman, Community, Violence, and Peace: Aldo Leopold, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Gautama the Buddha in the Twenty-First Century, p. 266
Mark Wood on David Loy ed., Healing Deconstruction: Postmodern Thought in Buddhism and Christianity, p. 268
Lucinda Peach on Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed., Buddhist Women Across Cultures, p. 278
Donald Luck on Paul Ingram, Wrestling with the Ox: A Theology of Religious Experience, p. 283
David Chappell on Harold Roth, Original Tao: Inward Training and the Foundations of Taoist Mysticism; Livia Kohn, Laughing at the Tao: Debates Among Buddhists and Taoists in Medieval China; Bartholomew P. M. Tsui, Taoist Tradition and Change: The Story of the Complete Perfection Sect in Hong Kong; and Kenneth Dean, Lord of the Three in One: The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China, p. 288
Lonnie Valentine on Daniel Smith-Christopher, ed., Subverting Hatred: The Challenge of Nonviolence in Religious Traditions, p. 293
Roger Corless on Jerome Ducor, Le Sutra d’Amida Preche par Le Buddha, p. 297
Joseph Waligore on Thomas Tweed and Stephen Prothero, Asian Religions in America: A Documentary History, p. 299
Don Mitchell on Byron Sherwin and Harold Kasimow, eds., John Paul II and Interreligious Dialogue, p. 304
Ruben Habito on Aloysius Pieris, Fire and Water: Basic Issues in Asian Buddhism and Christianity,, p. 311
Joseph O’Leary on Katrin Amell, Contemplation et Dialogue: Quelques Examples de Dialogue Entre Spiritualites Apres Le Concile Vatican II, and Robert Aitken and David Steindle-Rast, The Ground We Share: Everyday Practice, Buddhist and Christian, p. 315
FREDERICK J. STRENG BOOK AWARD
David Loy, Lack and Transcendence: The Problem of Death and Life in Psychotherapy, Existentialism, and Buddhism, p. 321
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