Emptiness as a Paradigm for Understanding World Religions

Frederick Streng's understanding of emptiness in the Mahāyāna tradition as a category that can be profitably used in the study of all world religions is one of his great accomplishments. Work is left to be done, however. A rationale for taking a central tenet of one religious tradition and usin...

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Auteur principal: Keenan, John P. (Auteur)
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Langue:Anglais
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Publié: University of Hawaii Press 1996
Dans: Buddhist Christian studies
Année: 1996, Volume: 16, Pages: 57-64
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Résumé:Frederick Streng's understanding of emptiness in the Mahāyāna tradition as a category that can be profitably used in the study of all world religions is one of his great accomplishments. Work is left to be done, however. A rationale for taking a central tenet of one religious tradition and using it to analyze others must be clearly articulated. Further, the articulation must be done in language that will make sense to Western (and other) thinkers not familiar with Mahāyāna argumentation.
ISSN:1527-9472
Contient:Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1390154