Details

Subjects:

Buddhism -- Relations.
Buddhism -- Doctrines.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Language:

English

Summary:

Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understanding of religious diversity in our time. Examining the complexity and uniqueness of Buddha's approach to religious pluralism using four main categories - namely exclusivism, inclusivism, pluralistic-inclusivism and pluralism - the book proposes a cross-cultural and interreligious interpretation of each category, thus avoiding the accusation of intellectual colonialism. The key argument is that, unlike the Buddha, most Buddhist traditions

Contents:

pt. I. A cross-cultural and interreligious interpretation of the typology exclusivism-inclusivism-pluralism
pt. II. Exclusivism
pt. III. Inclusivism
pt. IV. Pluralistic-inclusivism
pt. V. Pluralism
pt. VI. Starting a dialogue between the Buddha and other models of religious diversity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Local notes:

Electronic reproduction. Santa Fe, Arg.: elibro, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to eLibro affiliated libraries.

ISBN:

1-283-92004-2
0-203-07263-4
1-135-10040-3

OCLC:

823390016

Publisher Number:

10.4324/9780203072639 doi