Paul Tillich and Asian Religions.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (252 pages)
- Tillich Research Series ; v.11 .
- Tillich Research Series .
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Table of Contents -- Paul Tillich and Asian Religions -- Tillich's Two Methods in Context: Some Implications for Interreligious Understanding -- Tillich's Concept of Ultimate Concern and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue -- Ultimate Reality: A Comparative Study of Kitaro Nishida's concept of Nothingness and Paul Tillich's concept of God -- When the Ground of Being Encounters Emptiness: Tillich and Buddhism -- Tillich and Asian Religious Symbol: A Comparative Study of Lotus-birth -- A Comparative Study of St. Thomas Aquinas's and Paul Tillich's Ideas of Love: Integration with the Chinese Confucian Idea of Love -- Paul Tillich and Classical Confucianism on Religious Ethics -- Paul Tillich and Zhāng Zài -- Pneumatological Sacramentality and Cosmic Humanity -- List of Contributors -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.
Paul Tillich (1886-1965) was a thinker of international charisma and worldwide repute. His works provide important impulses for debates on theology, philosophy of religion and cultural theory. The series Tillich Research reflects on international research on this notable theologian and philosopher, the academic exploitation of his works with its range of different approaches to its reception and interpretation, as well as a diverse selection of themes and emphasis on them.