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Introduction

  1. Editor's Introduction
  2. Carol Anderson, Thomas Cattoi
  3. pp. vii-x
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0000
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International Lotus Sutra Seminary Rissho Kosei-kai Headquarters, Tokyo, June 12-16, 2019

  1. Contexts of Reception: The Lotus Sūtra in Nineteenth-Century Europe and What They Overlooked
  2. J. Jeffrey Franklin
  3. pp. 3-24
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0001
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  1. Beyond Pluralism and Inclusivism: Multiple Religious Validity and the Lotus Sūtra
  2. Kristin Largen
  3. pp. 25-37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0002
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  1. Ways of Being Religious in the Lotus Sūtra: Themes for Interreligious Reflection and Dialogue: Honoring Gene Reeves (1933-2019), with Deep Gratitude*
  2. Ruben L. F. Habito
  3. pp. 39-61
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0003
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  1. Transformation or Rediscovery? Soteriological and Cosmological Themes in the Lotus Sutra and the Philokalic Tradition
  2. Thomas Cattoi
  3. pp. 63-78
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0004
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  1. A Muslim's Reflections on Saddharamapundariksutra—The Lotus Sutra
  2. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf
  3. pp. 79-104
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0005
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  1. The Lotus Sutra and Christian Wisdom: Mutual Illumination in Interreligious Dialogue
  2. Leo D. Lefebure
  3. pp. 105-123
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0006
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  1. Clouds Speaking and Words Singing: Patterns of Revelation and Piety in the Lotus Sutra and in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Dr. Mira Niculescu
  3. pp. 125-144
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0007
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  1. Paths to Interreligious Dialogue: The Teaching of the Lotus Sutra and the Spirituality of Focolare Movement
  2. Hiroshi Munehiro Niwano
  3. pp. 145-159
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0008
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  1. Modern Lotus Sutra–Based Approaches to Religious Diversity and the Interreligious Thought of Niwano Nikkyō
  2. Dr. Dominick Scarangello
  3. pp. 161-175
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0009
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Comparative Theology and Contemplation

  1. Innovating Mahāyāna Buddhism and Christianity Through Contemplation: A Comparative Study
  2. Martin Repp
  3. pp. 179-199
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0010
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  1. Dwelling at the Heart of Holiness: Locating the Buddha-Land and the Place of God
  2. Dr. Stephanie Cloete
  3. pp. 201-216
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0011
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  1. "Have This Mind in You": A Study of the Relationship between Pauline Christology and the Tathāgatagarbha Tradition of Mahayana Buddhism
  2. Nicholas Alan Worssam
  3. pp. 217-232
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0012
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  1. Philosophy beyond Mechanization: Critiquing Economic Liberalism through Nishitani Keiji's Critique of Modernity
  2. Dennis Stromback
  3. pp. 233-252
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0013
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Interreligious Dialogue: The Past and The Present

  1. The Historical Interface between Buddhism and Christianity in Cambodia, with Special Attention to the Christian and Missionary Alliance, 1923–1970
  2. Briana Wong
  3. pp. 255-271
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0014
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  1. Nostra Aetate and Encountering Buddhism
  2. Peter Feldmeier
  3. pp. 273-286
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0015
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  1. What Lies Within: Uncovering the Holy Spirit with the Aid of Buddhist Philosophy
  2. Joel D. Daniels
  3. pp. 287-305
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0016
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  1. Buddhist-Christian Dialogue: Mystery of the Naked Heart
  2. Mark Unno
  3. pp. 307-326
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0017
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Visual and Textual Encounters

  1. A Review of Gospel of Thomas and Itivuttaka from formal Perspective
  2. Sunghye Hwang
  3. pp. 329-343
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0018
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  1. When Guanyin Encounters Madonna: Rethinking on Chinese Madonna from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
  2. Dr. Huijun Li
  3. pp. 345-368
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0019
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  1. Emperor, Empress, and the Divine in San Vitale and the Binyang Central Cave
  2. Junhyoung Michael Shin
  3. pp. 369-384
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0020
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  1. Is Nonviolence and Pacifism in Christian and Buddhist Ethics Obligatory or Supererogatory?
  2. L. Keith Neigenfind Jr.
  3. pp. 387-401
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0021
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  1. "Empathy on Trial: Is Empathy Inherently Biased?"
  2. Wioleta Polinska
  3. pp. 403-417
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0022
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  1. Calling for a Buddhist Theology of Dementia
  2. Kristin Beise Kiblinger
  3. pp. 419-437
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0023
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  1. Critical Race Theory Meets Internal Family Systems: Toward a Compassion Spirituality for a Multireligious and Multiracial World
  2. Aizaiah G. Yong
  3. pp. 439-447
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0024
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  1. The Practice of Double Belonging and Afro-Buddhist Identity in Jan Willis's Dreaming Me
  2. Carolyn Medine
  3. pp. 449-463
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0025
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Book Reviews edited by Massimo Rondolino

  1. Rainbow Body and Resurrection: Spiritual Attainment, The Dissolution Of the Material Body, and the Case of Khenpo a Chö by Francis V. Tiso (review)
  2. Thomas Cattoi
  3. pp. 467-470
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0026
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  1. Ecodharma: Buddhist Teaching for the Ecological Crisis by David R. Loy (review)
  2. John D'Arcy May
  3. pp. 470-472
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0027
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  1. Thomas Merton's Encounter with Buddhism and Beyond: His Interreligious Dialogue, Inter-Monastic Exchanges, and their Legacy by Jaechan Anselmo Park (review)
  2. David DiValerio
  3. pp. 472-475
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0028
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  1. Zen Wisdom for Christians by Christopher Collingwood (review)
  2. Daniel Millet Gil
  3. pp. 475-479
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0029
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  1. Tendrel: A Memoir of New York and the Buddhist Himalayas by Harold Talbott (review)
  2. Maria Turek
  3. pp. 479-482
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0030
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News and Views edited by Jonathan A. Seitz

  1. The Annual Meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Concurrent with the American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting San Diego, November 2019: Powerful Resources for Victims of Sexual Violence and for Dual Religious Practitioners
  3. pp. 485-491
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2020.0031
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