Entgrenzung und Bereicherung - Möglichkeiten einer pluralistischen Theologie der Religionen - Festschrift für Perry Schmidt-Leukel zum 70. Geburtstag

Melanie Barbato,  

Mathias Schneider,  
Fabian Völker (Editors)
with the assistance of Madlen Krüger
Beyond Boundaries

Essays on Theology, Dialogue,
and Religion
in Honor of  Perry Schmidt-Leukel

Religionen im Dialog,  Band 22

Münster Waxmann 2024, 310 pp. --- ISBN 978-3-8309-4831-5

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This Festschrift in honor of Perry Schmidt-Leukel on the occasion of his seventieth birthday brings together essays that constructively engage with his erudite and wide-ranging contributions to the fields of Theology of Religions, Interreligious Theology, Philosophy of Religion, Buddhist and Religious Studies, Buddhist-Christian Relations, and Interreligious Dialogue. 

Perry Schmidt-Leukel has made significant contributions to the academic study of religion and religious diversity through his innovative work in Theology and Religious Studies. In his publications, he has not only overcome apologetic barriers between Buddhism and Christianity and demonstrated the potential for mutual enrichment of various religious traditions in dialogue, but also championed a pluralist Theology of Religions. On this pluralist basis, Schmidt-Leukel has developed the vision of a theology beyond boundaries, which takes the form of interreligious discourse and draws on the rich resources and insights of the global history of religions.

Deutsche Beschreibung

In dieser Festschrift zu Ehren von Perry Schmidt-Leukel anlässlich seines siebzigsten Geburtstags sind Aufsätze versammelt, die sich konstruktiv mit seinen gelehrten und weitreichenden Beiträgen zu den Bereichen Theologie der Religionen, interreligiöse Theologie, Religionsphilosophie, Buddhismus und Religionswissenschaft, buddhistisch-christliche Beziehungen und interreligiöser Dialog auseinandersetzen.

Perry Schmidt-Leukel hat durch seine innovative Arbeit in Theologie und Religionswissenschaft einen bedeutenden Beitrag zur wissenschaftlichen Erforschung von Religion und religiöser Vielfalt geleistet. In seinen Veröffentlichungen hat er nicht nur apologetische Barrieren zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum überwunden und das Potenzial für eine gegenseitige Bereicherung verschiedener religiöser Traditionen im Dialog aufgezeigt, sondern sich auch für eine pluralistische Theologie der Religionen eingesetzt. Auf dieser pluralistischen Grundlage hat Schmidt-Leukel die Vision einer Theologie jenseits der Grenzen entwickelt, die in Form eines interreligiösen Diskurses auf die reichen Ressourcen und Erkenntnisse der globalen Religionsgeschichte zurückgreift.

Inhaltsverzeichnis / Contents
Paul F. Knitter Foreword -  11
Melanie Barbato, Mathias Schneider, Fabian Völker
Introduction - 15 

Part 1 Theology of Religions

Alan Race Religious Experience in an Interfaith Context  - 21
Reinhold Bernhardt A New Phenomenology of Religions - 33 Rose Drew Reinterpreting Christianity in the Light of Other Religions Authority, Dissent, and the Question of Belonging - 43 

Achim Riggert Dialogue and the Theology of Religions Perspectives of Paul F. Knitter and Perry Schmidt-Leukel
in Conversation - 53

Part 2  Interreligious Theology

Catherine Cornille The Question of Appropriation in
Comparative and Interreligious Theology - 65 

Reza Shah-Kazemi Comparative Compassion Muslim and Buddhist Perspectives on Soteriology as Upaya - 75 

Mathias Schneider Toward an Interreligious Eschatology Hermeneutical, Methodological,
and Systematic Considerations -  87
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Part 3  Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies

Gregor Paul Humaneness as Decisive Criterion of Acceptable Religious Faith Perry Schmidt-Leukel’s Pluralist Theology of Religions as a Contribution to Universal Ethics - 101 

Andreas Nehring Spirituality and Art Transgressions in the Context of Religious Pluralism  - 113 

Bernhard Nitsche Dimensions of Human Personhood and Forms of Divine Transcendence A Hypothesis in
the Philosophy of Religion - 127 

Kenneth Rose Wet Contemplation or Dry Contemplation?
A Fractally Recurring Controversy in Christianity,
Hinduism, and Buddhism - 139 

Fabian Völker Transcendence, Reason, and Self-Annihilation Interreligious Theology and Transcendental Philosophy of Religion - 149 

Part 4  Interreligious Dialogue

Paul Hedges Does Perry Schmidt-Leukel Have a Theory of Interreligious Dialogue? On Interreligious Theology
as Dialogical Activity - 163 

Martin Rötting Interreligious Dialogue and the Future of Religion Fractal Elements and Third Spaces - 173 

Reinhard Kirste Dialogical-Mystical Approaches to the Ultimate John Hick and Perry Schmidt-Leukel - 183 
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Melanie Barbato Clusters of Identity
in Interreligious Dialogue - 193 

Part 5  Buddhism in Dialogue

Dennis Hirota Illuminating Dissonance Shinran’s Naturalness and Eckhart’s Flow - 205 

Thomas Cattoi The Logos and gzhang stong Divine Immanence and Creative Agency in Early Christianity and Tibet - 219 Elizabeth J. Harris Anger and Serenity
A Buddhist-Christian Exploration - 229 

Pan-chiu Lai Salvation and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue - 239

Part 6  Buddhist Studies

Stephen E. Harris The Joke is Samsara  - 253 

Joachim Gentz A New Reading of Ming Taizu's Essay on the Three Teachings - 261 

Christopher V. Jones Reflections on Satyaka Nigranthaputra.
A Model Teacher of Non-Buddhist Religion (Eventually) - 275 

Bibliography of Perry Schmidt-Leukel (1984–2024) -  287

 List of Contributors - 309