Jason M. Vonwachenfeldt

Religious Epistemology through Schillebeeckx and Tibetan Buddhism (eBook, PDF)

Reimagining Authority Amidst Modern Uncertainty

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This study investigates how a comparison between the Catholic theologian Edward Schillebeeckx's controversial reading of Thomist philosophy and the Tibetan Buddhist Gendun Chopel's challenge to the standard Geluk teaching of Tsongkhapa's Madhyamaka philosophy might assist in rethinking conceptions of religious knowledge. Utilizing a wide variety of methodical approaches to establish an imaginary dialogue between these two thinkers, this comparison remains embodied in the thought and praxis of actual individuals, and yet still firmly embedded within the conversations and trajectories of their broader religious traditions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780567698643
• Artikelnr.: 60965318

Autorenporträt

Jason M. VonWachenfeldt is the Henry and Janie Woods Junior Chair in the Religion and Philosophy Department at the Lawrenceville School, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Problem of Objective "Truth" and the Threat of Relativism for Religious
Practitioners in the Modern World
Chapter 1
Comparative Theology, Religious Diversity, and the Question of Ultimate
Truth
Chapter 2
The "Bridge Concept" and Its Materials
Chapter 3
The Histories of Individuals, and the Context for Their Ideas
Chapter 4
The Roles of Individual Intellect and the Collective Intelligence of the
Community in Knowledge Formation
Chapter 5
The Role of the Historical Founders of Religious Traditions in Shaping and
Conveying Religious Knowledge, Meaning, and Truth for Contemporary
Believers
Chapter 6
The Role and Authority of Personal Experience in the Apophatic Knowledge of
Ultimate Reality
Conclusion
Possible Madhyamaka Implications for Catholic Theology
Bibliography
Index