This book tries to clarify a Buddhist view of interfaith dialogue from various points of view. It discusses how the Buddhist notion of Sunyata (Emptiness) works dynamically for mutual understanding and transformation of world religions. It also analyzes dialogue between Buddhism and Contemporary Christian theology, especially that of Paul Tillioh and Langdon Gillay.
PART 1: BUDDHIST APPROACH TO INTERFAITH DIALOGUE - Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Its Significance and Future Task - A Dynamic Unity in Religious Pluralism: A Proposal from the Buddhist Point of View - 'There is No Common Denominator for World Religions': The Positive Meaning of this Negative Statement - The Impact of Dialogue with Christianity on My Self-Understanding as a Buddhist - The Problem of Self-Centeredness as the Root-Source of Human Suffering - Suffering in the Light of Our Time: Our Time in the Light of Suffering: Buddha's First Holy Truth - PART 2: BUDDHISM IN DIALOGUE WITH TILLICH'S THEOLOGY - Negation in Mahayana Buddhism and in Tillich: A Buddhist View of 'The Significance of the History of Religion for the Systematic Theologian' - Double Negation as an Essential for Attaining the Ultimate Reality: Comparing Tillich and Buddhism - In Memory of Dr Paul Tillich - A Response to Professor Langdon Gilkey's Paper, 'Tillich and the Kyoto School' - PART 3: BUDDHISM AND CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY - Beyond Buddhism and Christianity: 'Dazzling Darkness' - Thomas J.J. Altizer's Kenotic Christology and Buddhism - Zen Buddhism and Hasidism: Similarities and Contrasts - The Interfaith Encounter of Zen and Christian Contemplation: A Dialogue between Masao Abe and Keith J.Egan - Interfaith Relations and World Peace: A Buddhist Perspective - Faith and Self-Awakening: A Search for the Fundamental Category Covering All Religious Life - God, Emptiness and Ethics - Responses to Langdon Gilkey - Spirituality and Liberation: A Buddhist-Christian Conversation - Index
