Christianity and the Notion of Nothingness: Contributions to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue from the Kyoto SchoolKazuo MUT?, Martin Repp, Jan van Bragt This publication by Muto Kazuo is a significant Christian contribution to the predominantly Buddhist Kyoto School of Philosophy. Muto proposes a philosophy of religion in order to overcome the claim for Christian exclusivity, as proposed by Karl Barth and others. On such a foundation, he investigates the possibilities for mutual understanding between Buddhism and Christianity. Thereby he engages in a critical exchange with the Kyoto School philosophers Nishida, Tanabe, and Nishitani. Throughout his discourse, Muto applies their method of logical argument (the dialectic of "soku") to the dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism. He thus opens up new perceptions of Christian faith in the Asian context and, together with his Buddhist teachers, challenges the modern Western dialectical method of reasoning. |
Contents
Mutō Kazuo 19131995 An Introduction to his Life and Work | 1 |
Chapter One Problems Facing Japanese Christianity Today | 55 |
Chapter Two Theologism and Religionism | 73 |
Chapter Three A New Possibility for a Philosophy of Religion | 93 |
Chapter Four Immanent Transcendence in Religion | 111 |
Chapter Five Christianity and the Notion of Nothingness | 129 |
Chapter Six Watch Your Step | 165 |
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