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Book Review: "Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa," – By Thomas Cattoi |
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| Author |
Pomplun, Trent
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| Source |
Religious Studies Review
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| Volume | v.36 n.3 |
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| Date | 2010.09.22 |
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| Pages | 248 |
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| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/
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| Location | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | Author Information
Loyola University Maryland |
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| Abstract | This volume is more an extended study of Maximos the Confessor than a work of comparative theology, but its substantial chapters on Tibetan Buddhism are a welcome novelty. It is rare to see a book range so freely over thinkers as diverse as Evagrios, Jikme Lingpa, and Judith Butler. The result is a bit of a mash‐up, in which various Tibetan writers are marshaled to prosecute charges in a postmodern staging of the Origenist Controversy, and the reader's appreciation for Divine Contingency will be directly proportionate to her patience for speculative fancy. Cattoi is best when he does not stray far from his theme: His criticism of John Keenan's “Mahayana Christology” should be required reading for anyone interested in Buddhist–Christian dialogue. Still, Cattoi's enthusiasm occasionally outstrips his expertise, as when he challenges S. Karmay's understanding of the history of the Great Perfection. Cattoi's understanding of the history of Roman Catholic theology is also shaky, and he depends almost exclusively on unreliable secondary sources. Few specialists, for example, would turn to J. Milbank and C. Pickstock for an understanding of the Franciscan theologian Duns Scotus. These concerns notwithstanding, Divine Contingency is a unique example of Buddhist–Christian dialogue, and the speculatively inclined will benefit from perusing it. |
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| ISSN | 0319485X (P); 17480922 (E) |
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| Hits | 210 |
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| Created date | 2014.10.27 |
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| Modified date | 2019.11.26 |
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