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Christianity through non-Christian eyes / Paul J. Griffiths, editor.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Faith meets faithPublication details: Maryknoll, N.Y. : Orbis Books, c1990.Description: xiv, 286 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0883446626
  • 0883446618 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.2 20
LOC classification:
  • BR 127 .C47428 1990
Contents:
Contents:
I. Jewish perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century -- Extracts from the eleventh letter to Eugen / Franz Rosenzweig -- No religion is an island / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- Christianity and the Holocaust / Stuart E. Rosenberg -- Judaism and evangelical Christianity / Michael Wyschogrod -- II. Islamic perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century -- That hideous schizophrenia / Sayyid Qutb -- Islam and dialogue : some reflections on a current topic / Mohamed Talbi -- The People of the book and the diversity of religions / Fazlur Rahman -- Extracts from "secular-secularization-secularism" / Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas -- The Islamic view of Christianity/ Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- III. Buddhist perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century -- Extracts from "The Buddhist attitude to other religions"/ K.N. Jayatilleke -- Extracts from "A Buddhist critique of the Christian concept of God"/ Gunapala Dharmasiri -- Religious harmony and extracts from "The Bodhgaya interviews"/ H.H. the XIVth Dalai Lama -- Self-awakening and faith : Zen and Christianity/ Masao Abe. Scholastic philosophy and modern civilization/ Daisaku Ikeda -- IV. Hindu perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century -- Extracts from "The Light of Truth"/ Dayananda Sarasvati -- Christ, the messenger/ Vivekananda -- Extracts from "The story of my experiments with truth"/ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi -- Christianity in the reflection of Hinduism/ Bithika Mukerji -- Vaishnavism on Hans Kung : a Hindu theology of religious pluralism/ Bibhuti S. Yadav.
Summary: Summary:Summary: Eye-opening essays by Buddhist, Hindus, Jews, Muslims provide insights to how Christianity is viewed in their communities--and why.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271 -280) and index.

Contents:

I. Jewish perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century --
Extracts from the eleventh letter to Eugen / Franz Rosenzweig --
No religion is an island / Abraham Joshua Heschel --
Christianity and the Holocaust / Stuart E. Rosenberg --
Judaism and evangelical Christianity / Michael Wyschogrod --
II. Islamic perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century --
That hideous schizophrenia / Sayyid Qutb --
Islam and dialogue : some reflections on a current topic / Mohamed Talbi --
The People of the book and the diversity of religions / Fazlur Rahman --
Extracts from "secular-secularization-secularism" / Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas --
The Islamic view of Christianity/ Seyyed Hossein Nasr --
III. Buddhist perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century --
Extracts from "The Buddhist attitude to other religions"/ K.N. Jayatilleke --
Extracts from "A Buddhist critique of the Christian concept of God"/ Gunapala Dharmasiri --
Religious harmony and extracts from "The Bodhgaya interviews"/ H.H. the XIVth Dalai Lama --
Self-awakening and faith : Zen and Christianity/ Masao Abe. Scholastic philosophy and modern civilization/ Daisaku Ikeda --
IV. Hindu perceptions of Christianity in the Twentieth Century --
Extracts from "The Light of Truth"/ Dayananda Sarasvati --
Christ, the messenger/ Vivekananda --
Extracts from "The story of my experiments with truth"/ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi --
Christianity in the reflection of Hinduism/ Bithika Mukerji --
Vaishnavism on Hans Kung : a Hindu theology of religious pluralism/ Bibhuti S. Yadav.

Summary:

Eye-opening essays by Buddhist, Hindus, Jews, Muslims provide insights to how Christianity is viewed in their communities--and why.