From: Journal of Ecumenical Studies | Date: September 22, 1997| Author: Kasimow, Harold | COPYRIGHT 1997 Journal of Ecumenical Studies. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The focus of this book is the essay "Kenotic God and Dynamic Sunyata" by Masao Abe, one of the most creative and influential Buddhist philosophers of our time. Eight scholars respond to Abe's important essay, followed by Abe's rejoinder. The book also includes a very helpful introduction by David W. Chappell. This volume is a follow-up to The Emptying God (Orbis, 1990), which includes the same Abe essay with responses by one Jewish and six Christian theologians.

Abe i...