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The first two parts of this book present four detailed historical studies, filled with Geertzian "thick description," of the encounters of Christianity and Buddhism (universal religions with a high quotient of "transcendence") with various primal religious traditions ("biocosmic" or "immanentist") of the Asian-Pacific region, namely, Aboriginal Australia and Melanesia (Christianity) and Sri Lanka and Japan (Buddhism). In each case, the encounters represented a failure of the "great" traditions. In the third, constructive and theological part of the book, the author shows how an acknowledgment of these failures may provide a back door to dialogue.
Contents
Part I: Christianity's Pacific Voyage
1. The Christian Encounter with Aboriginal Religion
2. Christianity and Modernity in Melanesia
Part II: Buddhism's Asian Journey
3. Japanese Buddhism in War and Peace
4. The Rebirth of Ethics in Thai Buddhism
Part III: Strange Encounters
5. Transcending Difference
6. Transcending Violence