EDITORIAL, p. iii
THINKING GLOBALLY: BUDDHIST-CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND ETHICS IN HONOR OF DAVID CHAPPELL
Introduction: Remarks in Memory of David W. Chappell, p. 3
Donald K. Swearer
COMPARATIVE ETHICS
Compassion as Justice, p. 13
Richard Reilly
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances, p. 33
Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Religious Pluralism: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives, p. 51
John D’Arcy May
An Ethics of Justice in a Cross-Cultural Context, p. 61
Michael von Brück
Religion, the Globalization of War, and Restorative Justice, p. 79
Nathan Tierney
Global Healing and Reconciliation: The Gift and Task of Religion, a Buddhist-Christian Perspective, p. 89
Peter C. Phan
COMPARATIVE THEOLOGY
Losing the Self: Detachment in Meister Eckhart and Its Significance for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 111
Charlotte Radler
Speaking With and Away: What the Aporia of Ineffability Has to Say for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, p. 119
Joseph Thometz
A New Direction for Comparative Studies of Buddhists and Christians: Evidence from Nāgārjuna and John of the Cross, p. 139
Abraham Vélez de Cea
ESSAYS
Divine Grace and the Play of Opposites, p. 159
Trent Pomplun
Jesus the World-Protector: Eighteenth-Century Gelukpa Historians View Christianity, p. 173
Michael Sweet
NEWS AND VIEWS, edited by Harry L. Wells
The 2005 Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies, p. 181
Frances S. Adeney
Japan Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies 2005 Annual Meeting, p. 183
Paul Swanson
The Seventh International Buddhist-Christian Conference: “Hear the Cries of the World”, p. 185
Darnise C. Martin
Conversion and Religious Identity in Buddhism and Christianity, p. 189
John D’Arcy May
East-West Exchange, p. 193
Fr. Pierre-François de Béthune
2005 International Lotus Sutra Conference, p. 195
Leo D. Lefebure
Northern California Zen/Ch’an – Catholic Dialogue, p. 199
Contemplation, Practice, and the Crossroads of Spirit, p. 201
22nd Niwano Peace Prize Commemorative Address, p. 203
Hans Küng
Opportunities, p. 209
BOOK REVIEWS, edited by Alice Keefe
John Berthrong on James W. Heisig, Dialogues at One Inch above the Ground: Reclamations of Belief in an Interreligious Age, p. 213
Amos Yong on Peter Feldmeier, Christianity Looks East: Comparing the Spiritualities of John of the Cross and Buddhaghosa, p. 216
Rita M. Gross on Kim Gutschow, Being a Buddhist Nun: The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas, and Kurtis R. Schaeffer, Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, p. 220
Paul O. Ingram on James L. Fredericks, Buddhists and Christians through Comparative Theology and Solidarity, p. 223
Whalen Lai on Eric Reinders, Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies: Christian Missionaries Imagine Chinese Religion, p. 226
Patti M. Marxsen on Paul Claudel, Knowing the East, p. 229
Sarah K. Pinnock on John D’Arcy May, Transcendence and Violence: The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian, and Primal Traditions, p. 231
Paul O. Ingram on Paul S. Chung, Martin Luther and Buddhism: The Aesthetics of Suffering, p. 235
Christopher Key Chapple on Jay McDaniel, Gandhi’s Hope: Learning from Other Religions as a Path to Peace, p. 237