Divine Contingency: Theologies of Divine Embodiment in Maximos the Confessor and Tsong kha pa / / Thomas Cattoi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cattoi, Thomas,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (321 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

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