Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa / / Thomas Cattoi.
This work explores the points of contact, as well as the differences between the distinct notions of divine embodiment developed by Maximos the Confessor (580-662), one of the greatest Greek Fathers, and Tsong kha pa (1357-1419), arguably the most important thinker in the history of Tibetan Buddhism...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008] ©2008 |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Preface: The Challenge of Contingency -- 1. Dialogue or Enstasy? Spiritual Transformation Across Different Traditions -- 2. And His Kingdom will have an End: Evagrios Pontikos and the Flight from Plurality -- 3. The Redemption of Plurality: Maximos the Confessor and the Christo-centric Cosmos -- 4. Moira Theou: Spiritual Transformation and the Boundaries of Identity -- 5. The Henad in Tibet: rDzogs chen and Original Self-Awareness -- 6. The Gift of dharmakāya: Contemplation and Philosophy in Tsong kha pa’s Understanding of Practice -- 7. Imitatio Buddhae and Deification: Perfections and Virtues in Tsong kha pa and Maximos the Confessor -- 8. The Virtues of Participation: Maximos’ Theology of Divine Embodiment after the Encounter with Buddhism -- 9. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Summary: | This work explores the points of contact, as well as the differences between the distinct notions of divine embodiment developed by Maximos the Confessor (580-662), one of the greatest Greek Fathers, and Tsong kha pa (1357-1419), arguably the most important thinker in the history of Tibetan Buddhism. Both authors developed a spiritual theology where natural contemplation and the practice of the virtues are invested with a transformative value and are construed as a response to a cosmic intelligence, which sustains the universe, but also becomes manifest in history. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9781463215439 9783111024141 9783110663037 |
DOI: | 10.31826/9781463215439 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Thomas Cattoi. |