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| ISBN-13: | 9781506430164 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | 1517 Media |
| Publication date: | 11/01/2017 |
| Series: | South Asian Theology |
| Pages: | 368 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d) |
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Table of Contents
Abbreviations xiii
Introduction xv
Part I Philosophy-Western and Indian/Asian
Philosophy, Meaning, and History-Problem of Methodology 23
The Meaning of Meaning 23
What to Do with Philosophy? 26
University and Monastery: A New Philosophical Alliance 29
European Philosophy and Enlightenment 33
What Is the European Enlightenment? 33
The Philosophical Background 34
Reason's Unreason: Ten Questionable Assumptions of Enlightenment Rationality 37
A Light Too Bright 39
Philosophy of Science 41
Some Basic Questions on Science and Technology 41
The Sources of Contemporary Science and Technology 43
Toward an Indian Perspective on Sci-Tech Today 45
Science, Philosophy, Theology, Ethics 47
Time and Consciousness 49
Psychoanalytic Theory in Need of Holistic Revision 52
Is Science a Pure Discipline? 54
Indian/Asian Philosophical Insights 57
Nagarjuna, Dignaga, and Dharmakirti: The Three Bright Stars in the Firmament of Indian Thought 57
Enlightenment: The Buddhist Way 59
Reason and Spirituality in India 60
Secular and Religious: The Indian Way 62
India as Spiritual Guide 63
Postmodernity and the Indian Mind 65
Ancient India's Impact on Classical Christian Thought 69
Ambiguity of Eastern History in the West 73
Tasks of Indian Philosophy Today 74
Sabda/Sakti and Word/Spirit: A Suffice Analysis of Two Concept Systems 79
The Quest for Indian Identity 84
Personal and Group Discipline 85
Epistemology-Western and Indian 89
Epistemology as a Guarantor of Veracity 89
Epistemology in the Indian Tradition 91
Philosophy of History 97
Emerging Consciousness and Consciousness in History 97
The Nature of Time-A Christian View 98
Is the West More Historically Oriented Than Asia? 100
The Mystery of History 101
Quest for Certainty 103
The Stochastic and the Random in Science 103
Critique of Ideology 105
Can Indian Identity Be Secular? 105
The Secular Debate and Our Constitutional Commitment 110
The Universal Phenomenon of Fundamentalism 114
Part II Ethical Dimensions-Peace, Ecology, Holistic Healing, Interfaith Dialogue
World Peace, Justice, and Disarmament 121
Disalienation-Disarmament 121
The Asia-Pacific Region: Its Significance for World Peace with Justice 122
The Question of Imperialism-Nee-Colonialism 122
Toward a New International Moral Order 124
Women and World Peace 125
Ethics and Ecology 127
The Ground of Hope 127
The Technological-Sacramental Unity 128
Nature in the Bible 130
An Eastern Orthodox Perspective of Nature, Man and God 131
A Disciplined Community and Sexual Ethics 132
God, Nature, Man 138
Two Questions in Classical Ethics 141
Christian Ethics: An Eastern Orthodox View 143
Disciple and Discipline 145
Toward a Social Discipline That Is also Personal 146
Holistic Healing 149
The Holistic Paradigm 149
What Heals? 152
The Whole Heals 153
Insight as Healing Agent 154
The Healer: A Self-understanding 157
Interfaith Dialogue 159
The Christian Approach to Dialogue with Other Faiths 159
The Panchsheel for Religions 161
Dialogue with the Secular World 163
The Interfaith Movement: Three Points for Future Orientation 165
The Unconscious Mind-Archetypes and Images as a Dimension in Interreligious Dialogue 166
A New Concourse of Religions 169
Some Questions for Marxist-Christian Dialogue on Meaning 171
Part III Autobiographical Glimpses, Worship, and Spirituality
Autobiographical Glimpses 179
Suffering the Key to the Mystery 179
Sacramental Humanism: How My Mind Has Changed 180
My Vision-My Faith 182
Final Testimony 185
Joy of Freedom (Worship and Spirituality) 189
Worship and Theological Discourse 189
Christian Worship: Three Concerns 190
Gathering Up the Real Life of Man Today 193
The Transcendent Dimension 194
The Eucharist and Christ's Sacrifice 196
Worship as Grace and Freedom 197
Non-Verbal Experience 198
Degrees of Sanctification 199
Joy of Freedom 201
Part IV Theology and Ecumenism
The God-World-Humanity Relationship-Insights from Gregory of Nyssa 207
St. Gregory of Nyssa and the Greek Philosophy 207
Diastema as Extension 210
Uncreated and Created Nature 212
Dizziness of Theology 213
Discontinuity between the Creator and the Creation 214
Divine Essence and Creative Operations 215
Trinity, identity and Distinction 217
Creation's Participation in Divine Nature 218
Freedom as Transcendence 219
Freedom as Creativity of the Good 221
The Creative Potential and the Human Task 222
Sin, Original Sin, and Nature 223
Sin as Alien to Human Nature 225
Sin and Diastema 226
Male-Female Distinction and Fullness of Humanity 227
Historical Life as Seed of Eternity 228
Freedom and Grace 230
Love, Holiness and Freedom 233
God- World Relationship 234
Man-World Relationship 237
God-Man Relationship 238
Freedom and Authority 245
Freeing Freedom 245
Sacramental Theology 249
Mastery-Mystery 249
Scriptural Witness-Interpreting the Bible 251
Christian Meaning of Service 251
The Nature of the Church 253
The Priestly Ministry 256
The Prophetic Ministry 258
The Good Shepherd 259
Each Child Has an Angel? 260
Be Still and Know: A Spiritual Exercise 261
The Communitarian Dimension of Faith and Knowledge 265
The De-cerebration of Faith and Knowledge 265
A New Awareness of a Universal Tradition 266
Man/Humanity as Mediator-Theological Anthropology 271
Five Fundamental Assumptions of Christian Anthropology 271
Man's Place in the Universe 273
Doctrine of Theosis: A Brief Introduction 275
The Scriptural Witness to Theosis 277
The Search and Reach of Love 279
The Glory of God and the Glory of Human Person 280
Science and Technology: Instrumental in the Process of Theosis 283
The Mystery of Incarnation 285
Knowing and Becoming 285
The Mystery of Christ 286
Christ-As the Eastern Fathers Saw Him 288
Two Christologies 290
God Became Flesh: The Eternal in the Historical (John 1:1-18) 291
Dimensions of Ecumenism 295
Ecumenism: An Introduction 295
Three Great Possibilities for the Ecumenical Movement 298
The Goal of Ecumenical Work: An Orthodox View 300
The Orthodox and the Unity of the Church 301
The Christological Argument 304
A Speculation for the Future 307
Theological Method 309
Engaging in Philosophical Theological Reflection 309
Theological Language and Secular Language 310
Church and Ministry 317
The Body of Christ-Eternal and Historical (Eph 1:3-2:10) 317
Ordination-Laity, Women 318
Inerrancy, Indefectibility and Infallibility 320
Liberation and Salvation 323
Evil as Non-Being 323
Spirit of God and Other Religions According to Gregory of Nyssa 324
Part V Perspectives on Future Humanity
Perspectives on Future Humanity 333
Iconopeia-The Art of Making Images of the Future 333
New Civilisation 334
The Shape of the Future 335
Language and the Future 341
Integral Community Yoga 344
The New Enlightenment 347
Interfaith Dialogue for a Mature Humanity 349
The Great Symbol 351
Subject Index 355
Author Index 363