Description
Martin Luther and Buddhism: Aesthetics of Suffering carefully traces the historical and theological context of Luther’s breakthrough in terms of articulating justification and justice in connection to the Word of God and divine suffering. Chung critically and constructively engages in dialogue with Luther and with later interpreters of Luther such as Barth and Moltmann, placing the Reformer in dialogue not only with Asian spirituality and religions but also with an emerging global theology of religions.
About the Author
Paul S. Chung is Associate Professor of Mission and World Christianity at Luther Seminary, Minnesota. He regularly publishes articles in religious journals. He is primarily interested in extending and deepening the horizons of Reformation theology in an Asian inter-religious context.
Contents
Foreword by Jürgen Moltmann
Preface to the Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Abbreviations
1. Martin Luther in the Context of Poverty and Religious Pluralism
2. The Uniqueness of Luther’s Life and Theology
3. Martin Luther and the Doctrine of Justification in Context
4. Luther and Theology of the Cross in Context
5. Luther and Asian Theology of Trinity
6. Luther and Asian Eucharistic Theology
7. Re-visitation of Martin Luther and Karl Barth in Interreligious Dialogue
8. Conclusion
Afterword: The Theologia Crucis and the Aesthetics of Suffering in Postmodern Divinity
Bibliography
Glossary of Technical Terms
Index
Endorsements and Reviews
After reading I put this book down with great surprise and decided to encourage students and anyone interested in theology in Europe, America and Asia to urgently and repeatedly read it.
Jurgen Moltmann, University of Tubingen
… a fascinating attempt to develop an emancipation theology of religions in the Asian context of poverty and suffering as well as of religious plurality.
Ulrich Duchrow, University of Heidelberg
