Paul F. Knitter

Last updated

Mahayana Buddhism affirms the Two truths doctrine, mundane truth and Ultimate truth, are mystically identical, i.e., "form is emptiness and emptiness is form." Catholic Christianity, for its part has teachings such as . . . the presence of God in all things via "essence, presence, and power," but matter and form are never regarded as absolutely identical. Thus, in regard to the Ultimate, Mahayanist affirmation of the absolute identity (via the Dharmakāya) and Catholic rejection of the absolute identity (at any level or degree) are two tenets that irreducibly contradict each other. [12]

Works

Thesis

  • Knitter, Paul F. (1974). Towards a Protestant Theology of Religions (PhD). Marburger Theologische Studien. Vol. 11. Marburg: N.G. Elwert. ISBN   9783770804856. OCLC   611481104.

Books

See also

References

  1. Knitter, Paul F. (2009). Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian. London: Oneworld (published 2013). p. xvi. ISBN   978-1-78074-248-9.
  2. "Paul F. Knitter". Union Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on January 5, 2010. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  3. "Faculty Emeriti/ae". Union Theological Seminary. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  4. "Paul F. Knitter Biographical Summary". Friends Theological College. Archived from the original on 25 March 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  5. Steinfels, Peter (9 October 2009). "A Look at Christianity, Through a Buddhist Lens". The New York Times.
  6. Keller, Rosemary Skinner; Ruether, Rosemary Radford; Cantlon, Marie (2006). Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Vol. 3. Indiana University Press. pp. 1104–1106. ISBN   978-0-253-34688-9.
  7. "Board of Directors | CRISPAZ".
  8. "Relativism: The Central Problem for Faith Today | EWTN".
  9. Catherine Cornille, The im-Possibility of Interreligious Dialogue, New York, NY: Crossroad Publishing, 2008, p.87.
  10. Journal of American Academy of Religion, Vol. 78 Issue 4 (Dec. 2010), P. 1218.
  11. Joseph A. Bracken's review of Jesus and Buddha: Friends in Conversation
  12. Robert Magliola, Dilatato Corde, Vol 6, Issue 2 (July-Dec. 2016), at DIMMID www.dimmid.org Vol. VI, No. 2 (July-Dec., 2016)
Paul F. Knitter
Paulknitter.jpg
Born
Paul Francis Knitter

(1939-02-25) February 25, 1939 (age 86)
SpouseCathy Cornell (m. c.1984) [1]
Academic background
Alma mater