In this Issue

Table of Contents

Introduction

Editors’ Introduction

Thomas Cattoi, Kristin Largen
pp. vii-xi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979815
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Humility in a Comparative Perspective

Self-Awareness (rang rig) and Nondual Presence: Tibetan Mahāmudrā and a Christian-Adjacent Correlation

Matthew Z. Vale
pp. 3-25
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979816
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“I Am But Lowly”: Humility in the Hagiographies of Yeshé Tsogyal and Mechthild of Magdeburg

Marc Colbourne
pp. 27-40
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979817
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Subjectivity and Śūnyatā: A Conceptual Bridge between Kierkegaard and Tsongkhapa

Jizhang Yi
pp. 41-57
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979818
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Panel on Perry Schmidt-Leukel’s The Celestial Web

The Celestial Web: What Is It All About?

Perry Schmidt-Leukel
pp. 61-64
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979819
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Putting the Fractal Theory to Work: Review Article Perry Schmidt-Leukel, The Celestial Web

Catherine Cornille
pp. 65-69
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979820
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Normativity, “Acceptance,” and Fractals: Perry Schmidt-Leukel and the Future of Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

Thomas Cattoi
pp. 71-77
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979821
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A Different Comparison

Raquel Bouso
pp. 79-85
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979822
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“Don’t get caught in Indra’s net”: A Response to The Celestial Web

Barbra Clayton
pp. 87-91
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979823
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Essential Diversity: A Religious Studies Take on Schmidt-Leukel’s Celestial Web

Oliver Freiberger
pp. 93-98
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979824
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Fractals and Identities: A Response

Perry Schmidt-Leukel
pp. 99-107
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979825
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Reflecting on Buddhist-Christian Double Belonging: A 2024 Update

Multiple Religious Belonging and Community Leadership from a Buddhist-Christian Perspective

Todd Grant Yonkman
pp. 111-122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979826
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Buddhist-Christian Double Belonging in Resisting Ultranationalist Populism: The Case of Seiichi Yagi

Kunihiko Terasawa
pp. 123-131
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979827
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Problems and Perils of Dual Practice/Belonging

Ruben L. F. Habito
pp. 133-142
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979828
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Response to a Panel: “Reflecting on Buddhist-Christian Double Belonging: A 2024 Update”

Sarita Tamayo-Moraga
pp. 143-147
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979829
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Honoring Ruben Habito’s Many Contributions to Buddhist-Christian Studies

Hearing Common Chords: An Experience of Multiple Religious Belonging

The Rev. Jane Lancaster Patterson
pp. 151-158
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979830
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A Heart-Mind that Heals

Paula Arai
pp. 159-162
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979831
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Buddhist and Christian Transformation

Karen Baker-Fletcher
pp. 163-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979832
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Proceeding in the Way of Zen and the Ignatian Spiritual Exercises: Ruben Habito’s Legacy

Sarita Tamayo-Moraga
pp. 169-181
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979833
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Be Still and Know: Effing the Ineffable—A Response

Ruben L. F. Habito
pp. 183-186
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979834
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Death, Eschatology, and the Self

Dying, Death, and the Afterlife: An Analysis and Comparison of Karl Rahner and the Dalai Lama

Joseph Nguyen SJ, STD
pp. 189-204
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979835
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True Self Is No Self? A Comparative Reading of Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Please Call Me by My True Names” and Thomas Merton’s “Hagia Sophia”

Ching Sum Leung
pp. 205-222
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979836
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“Destroying the Suffering of the World”: Christian and Buddhist Perspectives on Universal Salvation

Lee D. Clarke
pp. 223-237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979837
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Some Case Studies in Interreligious Dialogue

H. H. Kung (1880–1967) and Multiple Religious Belonging: Christian–Confucian–Buddhist Interfaith Encounters in the Early Twentieth Century

Nan Kathy Lin
pp. 241-274
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979838
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Peace in Action: Venerable Chin Kung’s Approach to Interreligious Dialogue

Huili Shen Stout
pp. 275-291
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979839
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Why Mindfulness Is Not Sati: The Genealogy of the Mindfulness Boom

Ursula Baatz
pp. 293-304
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979840
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Empowered Speech from Indic Mantras to the Name of Jesus

Joseph L. Kimmel
pp. 305-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979841
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Self-Love in Religious Altruism: A Dialogical Comparison between Thomas Aquinas and Śāntideva

Gu Rouyan
pp. 319-335
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979842
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Theravāda-Christian Comparisons

The Heart Unbound: Chastity in Theravada Buddhism and Franciscan Religious Life

Nicholas Alan Worssam
pp. 339-356
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979843
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Purifying Mind and Heart: The Sāmaññaphala Sutta and Austin Farrer’s Glass of Vision

Stephanie Cloete
pp. 357-373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979844
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The Nature of the Embodiment of “Law” (dhamma/λόγος) in Early Buddhism and Christianity

Federico Divino, Andrea Di Lenardo
pp. 375-392
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979845
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Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies Newsletter
edited by John Becker

SBCS Board Meets Online (11/7/2024) To Maximize In-Person Time Together at AAR and Minimize Expenses

Sandra Costen Kunz
pp. 395-397
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979846
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SBCS In-Person Annual Meeting Events At the San Diego AAR Meeting (11/22–24/2024)

Sandra Costen Kunz
pp. 399-403
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979847
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Buddhist and Christian Perspectives on the Mind July 2−6, 2026 Hamburg, Germany

p. 405
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979848
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European Academy of Religion’s Eighth Annual Conference Vienna, Austria July 8–12, 2025: Panel: Tibetan Buddhism in Comparison

pp. 407-409
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979849
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Upcoming Events/Members’ Projects

p. 411
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Membership

John Becker
pp. 413-414
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979851
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Book Reviews edited by Christina Atienza, O.P.

Constructing Reality in Comparative Theology by Paul S. Chung (review)

Thomas Cattoi
pp. 417-420
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979852
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Euro-Buddhism and the Role of Christianity ed. by Kurt Krammer, John O’Grady and Martin Rötting (review)

Trent Pomplun
pp. 420-423
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979853
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Karma and Grace: Religious Difference in Millennial Sri Lanka by Neena Mahadev (review)

Elizabeth J. Harris
pp. 423-426
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979854
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Christian Imaginations of the Religious Other: A History of Religionization by Marianne Moyaert (review)

Thomas Cattoi
pp. 426-429
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979855
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Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter: Essays in Honor of Leo D. Lefebure ed. by Peter C. Phan and Anh Q. Tran (review)

Rita George-Tvrtković
pp. 430-431
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979856
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The Great Open Dance: A Progressive Christian Theology by Jon Paul Sydnor (review)

Leo D. Lefebure
pp. 432-433
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979857
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Martin Luther’s Theology of Two Kingdoms in Buddhist and Christian Communities: Transforming Contemporary Myanmar Society by Pa Yaw (review)

Kristin Johnston Largen
pp. 433-435
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcs.2026.a979858
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