The Sound of Liberating Truth
Buddhist-Christian Dialogues
in Honor of Frederick J. Streng
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THE SOUND OF LIBERATING TRUTH
Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng
Edited by Sallie B. King and Paul O. Ingram
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Contents
Paul O. Ingram
Paul O. Ingram and Sallie B. King
David W. Chappell
Winston L. King
Winston L. King
David Chappell
Bonnie Thurston
Malcolm David Eckel
Malcolm David Eckel
Bonnie Thurston
Alan Sponberg
Paula M. Cooey
Paula M. Cooey
Alan Sponberg
Sallie B. King
John P. Keenan
John P. Keenan
Sallie B. King
Thomas P. Kasulis
Ruben L. F. Habito
Ruben L. F. Habito
Thomas P. Kasulis
Taitetsu Unno
John B. Cobb, Jr.
David W. Chappell , Professor of Religion at the University of Hawaii, was the founding editor of the annual journal Buddhist-Christian Studies and past President of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. He is author of Tien-tai Buddhism: An Outline of the Fourfold Teachings and editor of Buddhist and Taoist Practice in Medieval Chinese Society . He is now working on the relationship of Buddhism to contemporary society.
John B. Cobb, Jr. was born in Japan of Methodist missionary parents. His education was chiefly at the University of Chicago Divinity School. Most of his teaching career was spent in Claremont at the School of Theology and the Graduate School. He retired in 1990. As a Christian theologian he has been involved in Buddhist-Christian dialogue, working especially with Masao Abe in the organization of a theological encounter group and subsequently in the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies. His book, Beyond Dialogue: Toward a Mutual Transformation of Christianity and Buddhism , contributes to the discussion.
Paula Cooey is Professor of Religion at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas. She is the author of numerous books and articles. Her most recent books are Family, Freedom & Faith: Building Community Today (Westminster-John Knox Press, 1988) and Religious Imagination and the Body: A Feminist Perspective (Oxford University Press, 1996).
Malcolm David Eckel is Associate Professor of Religion and Associate Director of the Division of Religious and Theological Studies at Boston University. His most recent book is To See the Buddha: A Philosophers Quest for the Meaning of Emptiness .
Ruben L. F. Habito is Professor of World Religions and Spirituality at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He taught at Sophia University for twelve years prior to his coming to SMU. His publications include: Original Enlightenment: Tendai Hongaku Doctrine and Japanese Buddhism (International Institute for Buddhist Studies), Healing Breath: Zen Spirituality for a Wounded Earth (Orbis Books), Total Libertion: Zen Spirituality and the Social Dimension (Orbis Books), as well as more than ten books in Japanese.
Paul O. Ingram is Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of The Modern Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (Edwin Mellon) and Wrestling With the Ox: A Theology of Religious Experience (Continuum). He co-edited Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Essays in Mutual Transformation with Frederick J. Streng (University of Hawaii).
Thomas P. Kasulis is Professor of Comparative Studies at Ohio State University. He is the author of Zen Action! Zen Person (University of Hawaii) as well as numerous other publications on Japanese philosophy and religion.
John P. Keenan is an Episcopal Priest, a former Resident Scholar at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture in Japan, and Professor of Religion at Middlebury College. He is the author of The Meaning of Christ: A Mahayana Theology (SUNY Press).
Sallie B. King is Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia. She is the author of Buddha Nature and Journey in Search of the Way , both published by SUNY Press, and, with Christopher S. Queen, the coeditor of Engaged Buddhism: Buddhist Liberation Movements in Asia , also published by SUNY Press.
Winston L. King is Emeritus Professor of Religion at Vanderbilt University. He also taught with distinction at Grinnell College and Colorado State University. He is the author of nine books, the most recent of which are Death Was His Koan (1986) and Zen and the Way of the Sword (1993), well as numerous essays and articles.
