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Looks at the concept of Ultimate Reality in Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and Christianity.

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Author:   James L. Ford
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438460536

ISBN 10:   1438460538
Pages:   434
Publication Date:   01 March 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures and Tables Preface A Note on Orthography Acknowledgments Part I. Approaching the Ultimate Defining ""Ultimate Reality"" The Phenomenological Approach Peter Berger, Social Construction, and the Sacred Canopy Imagination Snapshots in the Evolution of a Tradition The ""Axial Age"" and Its Legacy Toward What End? Part II. God: From Early Judaism to Postmodern Christianity Introduction Setting the Stage: God in Ancient Israelite Religion and Early Judaism Act 1: The Evolution of God in Ancient Israelite and Early Jewish Traditions The Emergence of Christianity Act 2: God of Early Christianity Act 3: From Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and Natural Theology Act 4: Luther and the Reformation Act 5: ""God"" and the Enlightenment Encounter Act 6: Beyond Theism: ""God"" Meets Postmodernism Summary and Conclusions Part III. Hindu Traditions: Brahman and the 330 Million Gods and Goddesses of India Introduction Act 1: Vedic Religion and the Gods of Sacrifice Act 2: The Late Vedic Period and the Axial Age Act 3: Devotional Hindu Traditions Act 4: Debating the One and the Many in Classical Hindu Theology Act 5: Hinduism's Colonial Encounter and Its Theological Consequences Act 6: "" Hinduism in America"" Reflections on the Ultimate in Hindu Traditions Part IV. Buddhist Traditions: From Nirvana to Emptiness Introduction First Things First: A Basic Introduction to Buddhism Act 1: Searching for the Ultimate in Early Buddhism Act 2: From Nikaya to Mahayana Buddhism Act 3: The Chinese Transformation of Buddhism Act 4: The Buddhist Encounter with the West The Ultimate in Buddhist Traditions: From Early Nikaya to the West Part V. Reflections on the Divine Quest Introduction Morphology of the Ultimate New Visions of Ultimacy: Revelation, Mystical Discovery, and Imagination The Ethics of Ultimacy Reconciling Ultimate Realities and Truth Claims Evolving Toward Process? Ultimate Contingency Notes Bibliography Index"

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...fascinating and thorough. - CHOICE

Author Information

James L. Ford is Professor of Religion at Wake Forest University and the author of Jokei and Buddhist Devotion in Early Medieval Japan.

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