Paul Knitter
Union Theological Seminary, Theology, Faculty Member
In this second volume of his classic history, one of the world's foremost Zen scholars turns his attention to the development of Zen in Japan.
Research Interests: Buddhism and Philosophy
I have often found that interreligious dialogue becomes most interesting when it gets stuck, and that was my experience in Korea last month. I was in the country at the invitation of Zen Master Jinje and the Chogye Order of Korean Zen... more
I have often found that interreligious dialogue becomes most interesting when it gets stuck, and that was my experience in Korea last month. I was in the country at the invitation of Zen Master Jinje and the Chogye Order of Korean Zen Buddhists. (Christian scholars, please note: Here was a call to dialogue that came from the Buddhist side!) But our conversations did not get stuck where we thought they might.
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An honest discussion regarding how devout Christians should react to the academic evidence and genuine personal experience that other religious ways result in engaged, loving and moral lives. Does being "saved," by the Christian... more
An honest discussion regarding how devout Christians should react to the academic evidence and genuine personal experience that other religious ways result in engaged, loving and moral lives. Does being "saved," by the Christian definition, require a faith in Jesus Christ - meaning the historical person - or rather is it only important that human beings life their lives in accordance to His teachings. This books argues that one can be committed to a savior of "some other name," and simultaneously be aligned with Christian theologically and commitment.
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The central claim of this essay is that interreligious social engagement can serve as an effective first step in realizing the urgency, and facing the complexity, of interreligious dialogue and theology. After laying out both the... more
The central claim of this essay is that interreligious social engagement can serve as an effective first step in realizing the urgency, and facing the complexity, of interreligious dialogue and theology. After laying out both the political and the spiritual reasons for the necessity of multifaith dialogue, the author describes its complexity: participants are often told that, to make dialogue possible, all religions must abandon claims of being the “only” or the “best.” But such a requirement will frighten away many religious believers, especially conservative believers. To resolve this dilemma the author suggests we follow the example of the Interfaith Youth Corps. They begin dialogue not with theological requirements but with shared action to address the needs of civil society. In working together, followers of different religions become friends with one another. And friends will want to share what they believe without claiming that one is better than another.
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... Page 6. Pengantar Teologi Agama-Agama 015093 O Kanisius 2008 PENERBIT KANISIUS (Anggota IKAPI) J1. ... Buku ini hanya berisi tinjauan kritis, namun berimbang, terhadap berbagai model untuk membangun satu teologi agama-agama yang... more
... Page 6. Pengantar Teologi Agama-Agama 015093 O Kanisius 2008 PENERBIT KANISIUS (Anggota IKAPI) J1. ... Buku ini hanya berisi tinjauan kritis, namun berimbang, terhadap berbagai model untuk membangun satu teologi agama-agama yang Kristiani. ...
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Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "How can we as Christians meet our responsibilities of genuinely loving and relating and living with people of different faiths when we feel obliged by the Gospel to... more
Includes descriptive metadata provided by producer in MP3 file: "How can we as Christians meet our responsibilities of genuinely loving and relating and living with people of different faiths when we feel obliged by the Gospel to convert them to the 'one true faith'?" Theologian Paul F. Knitter addresses Professor Peter Hodgson's "Theology of World Religions" class on Apr. 22, 2003, at Vanderbilt's Divinity School.
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Anglo reflection on the multifaceted identity of Jesus. One only has to read an article, such as Calvin Shenk's "The Middle Eastern Jesus" (Missiology. 2001), to recognize how much non-European theologians have to contribute... more
Anglo reflection on the multifaceted identity of Jesus. One only has to read an article, such as Calvin Shenk's "The Middle Eastern Jesus" (Missiology. 2001), to recognize how much non-European theologians have to contribute to a serious, faithful presentation of the identity of the incarnate Son of God. Although Stott's current publication is in a different class from his epic The Cross of Christ (lnterVarsity, 1986), one does, nevertheless, wish to salute him for his attempt to reaffirm the truth that Jesus is by far the primary hermeneutic for understanding the Bible and living to the glory of God. In abbreviated form, the message of this book was presented in public lectures that were videotaped and made available to the public, along with useful study guides.
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Jesus and the Other Names will give pause to those who believe Christian Mission can be carried on as is in the modern era. Sure to inspire debate as well as dialogue it offers a more humble, but perhaps more "Christic,"... more
Jesus and the Other Names will give pause to those who believe Christian Mission can be carried on as is in the modern era. Sure to inspire debate as well as dialogue it offers a more humble, but perhaps more "Christic," postmodern approach to mission in the new millennium that has little to do with earthly glory and nothing to do with the sense of cultural superiority that so often - and often so tragically - accompanied modern missionary movements. Theologians, missiologist, Christian, historians, can all benefit from its thoughtful and timely message.
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Religions in Dialogue: East and West Meet. Edited by Zacharias P. Thundy, Kencheria Pathil and Frank Podgorski. Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1985. xiv + 314 pages. $26.75 (paper $14.50). - Zen and Western Thought. By Masao Abe. Edited by William R. LaFleur. Honolulu: University of Haw...more
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An honest discussion regarding how devout Christians should react to the academic evidence and genuine personal experience that other religious ways result in engaged, loving and moral lives. Does being "saved," by the Christian... more
An honest discussion regarding how devout Christians should react to the academic evidence and genuine personal experience that other religious ways result in engaged, loving and moral lives. Does being "saved," by the Christian definition, require a faith in Jesus Christ - meaning the historical person - or rather is it only important that human beings life their lives in accordance to His teachings. This books argues that one can be committed to a savior of "some other name," and simultaneously be aligned with Christian theologically and commitment.
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Six essays examine areas of convergence and difference between Buddhist emptiness (Shunyata) and Christianity's Trinity to show how the Buddhist- Christian dialogue goes beyond mutual understanding to mutual transformation.
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Jesus and the Other Names will give pause to those who believe Christian Mission can be carried on as is in the modern era. Sure to inspire debate as well as dialogue it offers a more humble, but perhaps more "Christic,"... more
Jesus and the Other Names will give pause to those who believe Christian Mission can be carried on as is in the modern era. Sure to inspire debate as well as dialogue it offers a more humble, but perhaps more "Christic," postmodern approach to mission in the new millennium that has little to do with earthly glory and nothing to do with the sense of cultural superiority that so often - and often so tragically - accompanied modern missionary movements. Theologians, missiologist, Christian, historians, can all benefit from its thoughtful and timely message.
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Published a decade after THe Myth of God Incarnate, this book tackles te most important theological question of our time, that of the relationship between Christianity and other religions. Those who have contributed to it have resolved to... more
Published a decade after THe Myth of God Incarnate, this book tackles te most important theological question of our time, that of the relationship between Christianity and other religions. Those who have contributed to it have resolved to 'cross the Rubican' and to move from insistence on the superiority or finality of Christ and Christianity towards a recongition of the independent validity of other religious approaches. Their article seek to show that their position, though still tentative and controversial, represents a viable option for Christian believers.
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Il dialogo della Chiesa con le altre religioni non è una scelta opzionale ne contingente, ma una componente essenziale della sua missione. Per questo la Chiesa sente l'urgenza di costituire comunità evangeliche di ascolto e di... more
Il dialogo della Chiesa con le altre religioni non è una scelta opzionale ne contingente, ma una componente essenziale della sua missione. Per questo la Chiesa sente l'urgenza di costituire comunità evangeliche di ascolto e di testimonianza in ogni luogo in cui l'esperienza religiosa ha suscitato ricchezze spirituali, e dove appare necessario trasmettere i valori specifici del Vangelo» (dalla postfazione di Carlo Molari).
Questa urgenza è un dono dello Spirito alle giovani Chiese del Sud del mondo impegnate nell'annuncio della salvezza a popolazioni schiacciate e umiliate, impoverite e relegate ai margini. Ma è anche una sollecitazione che non può essere trascurata dalle nostre Chiese, che anelano a una presenza significativa nel mondo di oggi e hanno difficoltà a rispondere in modo più evangelico alle attuali condizioni drammatiche dell'umanità.
L'EMI, presentando queste riflessioni alla Chiesa italiana, ai suoi studiosi di teologia e a quanti sentono l'urgenza del nuovo, intende offrire un contributo di forte rinnovamento di pensiero e di impegno concreto.
Questa urgenza è un dono dello Spirito alle giovani Chiese del Sud del mondo impegnate nell'annuncio della salvezza a popolazioni schiacciate e umiliate, impoverite e relegate ai margini. Ma è anche una sollecitazione che non può essere trascurata dalle nostre Chiese, che anelano a una presenza significativa nel mondo di oggi e hanno difficoltà a rispondere in modo più evangelico alle attuali condizioni drammatiche dell'umanità.
L'EMI, presentando queste riflessioni alla Chiesa italiana, ai suoi studiosi di teologia e a quanti sentono l'urgenza del nuovo, intende offrire un contributo di forte rinnovamento di pensiero e di impegno concreto.
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(Del Prólogo de Pedro Casaldáliga:) A los 5 años de la promulgación de la Declaración «Dominus Iesus», pero después de siglos de una cerrada actitud de ortodoxia intocable, este «libro digital», que inaugura uno más de los... more
(Del Prólogo de Pedro Casaldáliga:)
A los 5 años de la promulgación de la Declaración «Dominus Iesus», pero después de siglos de una cerrada actitud de ortodoxia intocable, este «libro digital», que inaugura uno más de los Servicios Koinonía, sale a la luz de la pequeña pantalla queriendo aportar la palabra fiel y vigilante de nuestros teólogos, que no quieren dejar en el olvido las cuestiones pendientes de dicha Declaración. La Dominus Iesus fue apenas un capítulo más, inoportuno, lamentable. El diálogo teológico abierto, crítico y autocrítico, era, es todavía, una virtud humana, religiosa, eclesial, de tránsito prácticamente prohibido. Este libro digital, este nuevo servicio de Koinonía, quiere ayudar a cultivar esta virtud, ese diálogo teológico abierto, crítico y autocrítico.
En las altas esferas del poder jerárquico de las Iglesias y las Religiones, Dios ya está dicho oficialmente y apenas debe ser retransmitido en las fórmulas aprobadas. Los dogmas religiosos han pasado, de ser formulaciones condicionadas por historia y por cultura, a ser la misma verdad en sí. Y el magisterio eclesiástico, en nuestro caso, ha venido recelando sistemáticamente de las nuevas formulaciones que la teología propone en fidelidad a esa verdad en sí, y en fidelidad a la historia siempre nueva y a las culturas otras.
Koinonía, haciendo honor a su nombre y a su trayectoria, nos ofrece un apretado manojo de textos estimulantes sobre un tema del mayor calado y de la más acelerada actualidad: ¿Quién es Dios? ¿Cómo le dejamos a Dios ser Dios? ¿Qué servicio deben prestar las diferentes mediaciones religiosas para el encuentro con el Dios Vivo? ¿Cómo situamos a Jesucristo dentro del diálogo inter-religioso? ¿Qué libertad y qué responsabilidad deben tener las diferentes teologías en la Causa de Dios único y en las Causas de su hija, la única Humanidad?
Kononía, quiere prestar este servicio desde el habitat cultural de esta Nuestra América. A partir de los pobres de la tierra, que son el problema y la solución de Dios. Y nuestra Teología de la Liberación quere ser, corresponsablemente, con otras teologías, «liberación de la teologií», estimulando el diálogo entre las religiones y las teologías. El Dios único en sí es plural en sus revelaciones y pluralmente debe ser encontrado y amado. Hoy, inevitablemente. No tenemos otra alternativa: o el diálogo inter-religioso o el choque de la religiones; o la convivencia plural de la religiones o la guerra total.
Se podrá condenar «la dictadura del relativismo», pero hay que cultivar la relativización de las fórmulas y de las tradiciones, para no caer en «la dictadura del dogmatismo».
Bienvenido sea el diálogo inter-religioso y bienvenida la teología de las religiones, por la ventana abierta de Koinonía y en la acogida liberada de nuestros corazones creyentes.
Pedro CASALDÁLIGA.
A los 5 años de la promulgación de la Declaración «Dominus Iesus», pero después de siglos de una cerrada actitud de ortodoxia intocable, este «libro digital», que inaugura uno más de los Servicios Koinonía, sale a la luz de la pequeña pantalla queriendo aportar la palabra fiel y vigilante de nuestros teólogos, que no quieren dejar en el olvido las cuestiones pendientes de dicha Declaración. La Dominus Iesus fue apenas un capítulo más, inoportuno, lamentable. El diálogo teológico abierto, crítico y autocrítico, era, es todavía, una virtud humana, religiosa, eclesial, de tránsito prácticamente prohibido. Este libro digital, este nuevo servicio de Koinonía, quiere ayudar a cultivar esta virtud, ese diálogo teológico abierto, crítico y autocrítico.
En las altas esferas del poder jerárquico de las Iglesias y las Religiones, Dios ya está dicho oficialmente y apenas debe ser retransmitido en las fórmulas aprobadas. Los dogmas religiosos han pasado, de ser formulaciones condicionadas por historia y por cultura, a ser la misma verdad en sí. Y el magisterio eclesiástico, en nuestro caso, ha venido recelando sistemáticamente de las nuevas formulaciones que la teología propone en fidelidad a esa verdad en sí, y en fidelidad a la historia siempre nueva y a las culturas otras.
Koinonía, haciendo honor a su nombre y a su trayectoria, nos ofrece un apretado manojo de textos estimulantes sobre un tema del mayor calado y de la más acelerada actualidad: ¿Quién es Dios? ¿Cómo le dejamos a Dios ser Dios? ¿Qué servicio deben prestar las diferentes mediaciones religiosas para el encuentro con el Dios Vivo? ¿Cómo situamos a Jesucristo dentro del diálogo inter-religioso? ¿Qué libertad y qué responsabilidad deben tener las diferentes teologías en la Causa de Dios único y en las Causas de su hija, la única Humanidad?
Kononía, quiere prestar este servicio desde el habitat cultural de esta Nuestra América. A partir de los pobres de la tierra, que son el problema y la solución de Dios. Y nuestra Teología de la Liberación quere ser, corresponsablemente, con otras teologías, «liberación de la teologií», estimulando el diálogo entre las religiones y las teologías. El Dios único en sí es plural en sus revelaciones y pluralmente debe ser encontrado y amado. Hoy, inevitablemente. No tenemos otra alternativa: o el diálogo inter-religioso o el choque de la religiones; o la convivencia plural de la religiones o la guerra total.
Se podrá condenar «la dictadura del relativismo», pero hay que cultivar la relativización de las fórmulas y de las tradiciones, para no caer en «la dictadura del dogmatismo».
Bienvenido sea el diálogo inter-religioso y bienvenida la teología de las religiones, por la ventana abierta de Koinonía y en la acogida liberada de nuestros corazones creyentes.
Pedro CASALDÁLIGA.