Transcendence and Violence The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian, and Primal Traditions
, by D'Arcy May, JohnNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780826415134 | 082641513X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/19/2003
The first two parts of this book present four detailed historical studies, filled with Geertzian "thick description," of the encounters of Christianity and Buddhism (universal religions with a high quotient of "transcendence") with various primal religious traditions ("biocosmic" or "immanentist") of the Asian-Pacific region, namely, Aboriginal Australia and Melanesia (Christianity) and Sri Lanka and Japan (Buddhism). In each case, the encounters represented a failure of the "great" traditions. In the third, constructive and theological part of the book, the author shows how an acknowledgment of these failures may provide a back door to dialogue.