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| (Book Review) Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism | ||
| 作者 | Deitrick, Jim |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of the American Academy of Religion |
| 卷期 | v.75 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2007.03 |
| 頁次 | 169 - 173 |
| 出版者 | Oxford University Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/ |
| 出版地 | Oxford, UK [牛津, 英國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article; 書評=Book Review |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism. By Sallie B. King. . University of Hawai'i Press, 2005. 291 pages. $45.00. |
| 摘要 | Sallie B. King is Professor of Religion at James Madison University in Virginia, a Quaker peace activist, an advocate of interfaith dialogue, and a frequent participant, specifically, in the Buddhist–Christian dialogue movement. Her recent book, Being Benevolence, is best read as a contribution to this dialogue. As she states in her introduction, “The intention of this work is to dig more deeply into the philosophical substructure beneath the Engaged Buddhist movement as a whole [than has been done elsewhere], to examine Engaged Buddhist thinking, its roots in traditional Buddhist thought, and its creative development of tradition; to identify its strengths and probe its implications; and to raise questions, opening doors for further thought and investigation where there is thinking yet to be done”. She hastens to add that she has “the greatest respect for all the Engaged Buddhists,” and that when she “challenge[s] them, it is in a spirit of taking their ideas seriously and with the hope that such challenges may in a small way assist the ongoing development of an important contribution to Buddhism and the world” (7). King clearly admires the Buddhist peace advocates she engages in this work, hoping, at once, to promote their benevolent and non-violent social vision among her Western readers while also contributing, from her own Western perspective, to the development of this vision among her Asian (religiously-inspired peace activist) counterparts. The book begins with a sympathetic and concise portrayal of Engaged Buddhist figures and movements in Asia (King does not consider figures and movements from other parts of the world). This sympathetic attitude is, notably, maintained throughout the work, being both a strength and a weakness. Especially for those with no prior knowledge of Engaged Buddhism, the introduction to the thought and activities of the movement's leaders this book provides is … |
| ISSN | 00027189 (P); 14774585 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 392 |
| 建檔日期 | 2014.12.04 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.01.10 |
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