J. Abraham Vélez de Cea is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Eastern Kentucky University, USA.

"The Buddha and Religious Diversity is an outstanding work of theological analysis and a thought-provoking contribution to Buddhist critical-constructive reflection, which ought to be read by anyone concerned with Buddhism’s relation to other ways of seeing, and living properly within, our world—whether those ways are religious or not." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College in Northfield, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly

• Introduction Part 1: A Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism 1. A New Framework 2. Pluralism and Degrees of Openness Part 2: Exclusivism 3. Clarifying the Concept of Exclusivism 4. Is There Liberation outside Buddhism? Part 3: Inclusivism 5. Retrieving the Early Buddhist Position 6. Are Buddhists Inclusivists or Exclusivists with Inclusivist Attitudes? Part 4: Pluralistic-Inclusivism 7. From Inclusivism to Pluralistic-Inclusivism 8. Beyond Buddhist Inclusivism Part 5: Pluralism 9. Was the Buddha a Pluralist? 10. Applying John Hick’s Model of Pluralism to the Pāli Nikāyas? Part 6: Starting a Dialogue between the Buddha and other Models of Religious Diversity 11. A Comparative Appraisal of Hick, Heim, and the Buddha

J. Abraham Vélez de Cea is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Eastern Kentucky University, USA.

"The Buddha and Religious Diversity is an outstanding work of theological analysis and a thought-provoking contribution to Buddhist critical-constructive reflection, which ought to be read by anyone concerned with Buddhism’s relation to other ways of seeing, and living properly within, our world—whether those ways are religious or not." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College in Northfield, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly

• Introduction Part 1: A Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism 1. A New Framework 2. Pluralism and Degrees of Openness Part 2: Exclusivism 3. Clarifying the Concept of Exclusivism 4. Is There Liberation outside Buddhism? Part 3: Inclusivism 5. Retrieving the Early Buddhist Position 6. Are Buddhists Inclusivists or Exclusivists with Inclusivist Attitudes? Part 4: Pluralistic-Inclusivism 7. From Inclusivism to Pluralistic-Inclusivism 8. Beyond Buddhist Inclusivism Part 5: Pluralism 9. Was the Buddha a Pluralist? 10. Applying John Hick’s Model of Pluralism to the Pāli Nikāyas? Part 6: Starting a Dialogue between the Buddha and other Models of Religious Diversity 11. A Comparative Appraisal of Hick, Heim, and the Buddha

J. Abraham Vélez de Cea is Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Eastern Kentucky University, USA.

"The Buddha and Religious Diversity is an outstanding work of theological analysis and a thought-provoking contribution to Buddhist critical-constructive reflection, which ought to be read by anyone concerned with Buddhism’s relation to other ways of seeing, and living properly within, our world—whether those ways are religious or not." - Roger Jackson, Carleton College in Northfield, Buddhadharma: The Practitioner’s Quarterly

• Introduction Part 1: A Cross-Cultural and Interreligious Interpretation of the Typology Exclusivism-Inclusivism-Pluralism 1. A New Framework 2. Pluralism and Degrees of Openness Part 2: Exclusivism 3. Clarifying the Concept of Exclusivism 4. Is There Liberation outside Buddhism? Part 3: Inclusivism 5. Retrieving the Early Buddhist Position 6. Are Buddhists Inclusivists or Exclusivists with Inclusivist Attitudes? Part 4: Pluralistic-Inclusivism 7. From Inclusivism to Pluralistic-Inclusivism 8. Beyond Buddhist Inclusivism Part 5: Pluralism 9. Was the Buddha a Pluralist? 10. Applying John Hick’s Model of Pluralism to the Pāli Nikāyas? Part 6: Starting a Dialogue between the Buddha and other Models of Religious Diversity 11. A Comparative Appraisal of Hick, Heim, and the Buddha