Modern Lotus Sutra–Based Approaches to Religious Diversity and the Interreligious Thought of Niwano Nikkyō
This essay is a critical exploration of the basis of the Lotus Sutra-based interreligious thought of Rev. Niwano Nikkyō (1906-1999), founder of the Japanese Buddhist lay group Rissho Kosei-kai and prominent figure in the development of interreligious dialogue in the second half of the twentieth cent...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2020, Volume: 40, Pages: 161-175 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Niwano, Nikkyō 1906-1999
/ Tipiṭaka. Suttapiṭaka. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra
/ Religious pluralism
/ Interfaith dialogue
/ Theology
/ Trinity
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BL Buddhism |
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Holy Spirit
B Kobayashi Ichirō B Gavin D'Costa B Lotus Sutra B Gadamer B Buddhism B Pluralism B Never Disparaging Bodhisattva B Buddha Nature B Niwano Nikkyō B Inclusivism B Original Buddha B Rissho Kosei-kai B Interfaith Dialogue |
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| Summary: | This essay is a critical exploration of the basis of the Lotus Sutra-based interreligious thought of Rev. Niwano Nikkyō (1906-1999), founder of the Japanese Buddhist lay group Rissho Kosei-kai and prominent figure in the development of interreligious dialogue in the second half of the twentieth century. Niwano is emplaced in Lotus Sutra Buddhism's history of making sense of religious diversity in order to appreciate his innovations, and his thought is also measured against today's demand for pluralistic theologies of religious diversity. In closing, I will ponder Niwano's interreligious thought from the perspective of a Christian approach with which it resonates—Trinitarian Holy Spirit-based theology of religious diversity—in order to develop possibilities within his approach that promise to further expand the horizons of dialogue in Lotus Sutra-based interfaith encounters. |
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| ISSN: | 1527-9472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Buddhist Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0009 |