The holy spirit and the world religions: on the Christian discernment of spirit(s) "after" Buddhism.(Essays)

From: Buddhist-Christian Studies | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Yong, Amos | Copyright information

INTRODUCTION

Arguably, recent Christian theological reflection on religious pluralism and the world religious traditions has taken what might be called "a pneumatological turn. (1) This emerging conversation is itself an outgrowth of focused attention on both pneumatology and trinitarian theology during the last generation. Applied to the world of the religions, the turn to pneumatology has furthered discussion on theology of religious pluralism by introducing new catego...