Mysticism and Intellect in Medieval Christianity and Buddhism
Ascent and Awakening in Bonaventure and Chinul
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0070-7 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-0070-7 (ISBN)
This book examines two religious leaders—Bonaventure, a medieval Franciscan theologian, and Chinul, a medieval Korean Zen master—and their efforts to integrate the intellectual and spiritual life. It also explores associated tensions between positive and negative modes of discourse on the divine and between immanence and transcendence.
This book explores two influential intellectual and religious leaders in Christianity and Buddhism, Bonaventure (c. 1217–74) and Chinul (1158–1210), a Franciscan theologian and a Korean Zen master respectively, with respect to their lifelong endeavors to integrate the intellectual and spiritual life so as to achieve the religious aims of their respective religious traditions. It also investigates an associated tension between different modes of discourse relating to the divine or the ultimate—positive (cataphatic) discourse and negative (apophatic) discourse. Both of these modes of discourse are closely related to different ways of understanding the immanence and transcendence of the divine or the ultimate.
Through close studies of Bonaventure and Chinul, the book presents a unique dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism and between West and East. In the examination of these two figures, religious traditions are explored not only from social, political, cultural, philosophical, and doctrinal perspectives, but also from a perspective that integrates both intellectual and spiritual aspects of religious life. Furthermore, the book presents unexplored models of integrating these two aspects of religious life.
This book explores two influential intellectual and religious leaders in Christianity and Buddhism, Bonaventure (c. 1217–74) and Chinul (1158–1210), a Franciscan theologian and a Korean Zen master respectively, with respect to their lifelong endeavors to integrate the intellectual and spiritual life so as to achieve the religious aims of their respective religious traditions. It also investigates an associated tension between different modes of discourse relating to the divine or the ultimate—positive (cataphatic) discourse and negative (apophatic) discourse. Both of these modes of discourse are closely related to different ways of understanding the immanence and transcendence of the divine or the ultimate.
Through close studies of Bonaventure and Chinul, the book presents a unique dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism and between West and East. In the examination of these two figures, religious traditions are explored not only from social, political, cultural, philosophical, and doctrinal perspectives, but also from a perspective that integrates both intellectual and spiritual aspects of religious life. Furthermore, the book presents unexplored models of integrating these two aspects of religious life.
Yongho Francis Lee is professor at the Pontifical University of Antonianum.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1 Bonaventure’s Integration of the Intellectual and Spiritual Life
Chapter 2 Chinul’s Integration of Buddhist Doctrinal Teachings and Sŏn Practices
Chapter 3 The Spiral Dialectics of Cataphasis and Apophasis in Bonaventure
Chapter 4 The Tension between Moderate and Radical Subitism:
Conclusion
Appendix: Further Reading
Bibliography
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 230 mm |
| Gewicht | 603 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-7936-0070-8 / 1793600708 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-7936-0070-7 / 9781793600707 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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