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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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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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