Martin Luther and Buddhism

Paul S. Chung is Associate Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Luther Seminary, Minnesota. He regularly publishes articles in religious journals. He is primarily interested in extending and deepening the horizons of Reformation theology in an Asian inter-religious context.

"After reading I put this book down with great surprise and decided to encourage students and anyone interested in theology in Europe, America and Asia to urgently and repeatedly read it." --Jurgen Moltmann, University of Tubingen "...a fascinating attempt to develop an emancipation theology of religions in the Asian context of poverty and suffering as well as of religious plurality." --Ulrich Duchrow, University of Heidelberg

• 1. Martin Luther in the Context of Poverty and Religious Pluralism 2. The Uniqueness of Lutherís Life and Theology 3. Martin Luther and the Doctrine of Justification in Context 4. Luther and Theology of the Cross in Context 5. Luther and Asian Theology of Trinity 6. Luther and Asian Eucharistic Theology 7. Re-visitation of Martin Luther and Karl Barth in Interreligious Dialogue 8. Conclusion Afterword: The Theologia Crucis and the Aesthetics of Suffering in Postmodern Divinity