Research Catalog

Title

Pioneering exploration in inter-religious dialogue : selected essays / by Lynn Alton de Silva ; edited by Marshal Fernando.

Author

De Silva, Lynn Alton, 1919-1982

Publication

Colombo : Ecumenical Institute for Study and Dialogue, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fernando, Marshal
• Ecumenical Institute for Study & Dialogue (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Description

xxii, 314 pages; 21 cm

Uniform Title

Essays. Selections.

Alternative Title

• Essays.
• Selected essays by Lynn Alton de Silva

Subject

• Christianity and other religions > Buddhism
• Buddhism > Relations > Christianity
• Buddhism
• Christianity
• Interfaith relations
• Religion
• Sri Lanka > Religion
• Sri Lanka

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Foreword and acknowledgements -- Preface -- The Christian solution to the problem of man in relation to Buddhism -- The biblical understanding of man in society in relation to Buddhism -- Non-Christian religious and God's plan of salvation -- Buddhist-Christian dialogue: the Buddhist resurgence -- Good news of salvation to the Buddhists -- Some issues in the Buddhist-Christian dialogue -- Dialogue urgent and essential in Asia -- The problem of the self in Buddhism and Christianity -- Theological construction in a Buddhist context -- An existential understanding of the doctrine of creation in the context of Buddhism -- Buddhism and Christianity -- Religious dimensions in humanity's relation to nature -- Christian community within communities -- Dialogue in the context of Sri Lanka Buddhism -- Emergent theology in the context of Buddhism -- Christian reflection in a Buddhist context -- Encounter with Buddhism - Buddhism.

ISBN

• 9789558497142
• 9558497142

LCCN

2013413785

OCLC

• ocn871687286
• SCSB-1805153

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library