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Dimensionen der Leere: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im christlich-buddhistischen Dialog (review)

Dimensionen der Leere: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im christlich-buddhistischen Dialog... BOOK REVIEWS DIMENSIONEN DER LEERE: GOTT ALS NICHTS UND NICHTS ALS GOTT IM CHRISTLICH-BUDDISTISCHEN DIALOG. By Armin Münch. Münster, Hamburg, London: LIT-Verlag, 1998. 337 pp. This is a most unusual study, pieced together out of hidden facets and neglected aspects of Buddhist and Christian studies and containing an unrivaled overview of the literature. If modern Western theology, taking its cue from Heidegger, has emphasized the temporality of existence, Münch draws our attention to its "spatiality" in what he calls "dimensional thinking." He is able to point to an astonishing number of thinkers from a variety of disciplines who have taken as their starting point our need to orient ourselves in space. In this light, the kenôsis passage Philippians 2:5­11 is seen to be patterned on a U-shaped movement linking the dimensions "above" and "below" as distinct from S- and O-shaped movements found elsewhere in the mystical tradition. Münch goes on to establish left /right, behind /before, inside/outside, coming to be /passing away as what he calls "immanentals" (12­13) analogous to the "transcendentals" of scholastic theology. In particular, he seeks out thinkers who have tried to formulate the "fourth dimension," which would take us beyond conventional space-time. Plotinus, Eckhart, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Buddhist-Christian Studies University of Hawai'I Press

Dimensionen der Leere: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im christlich-buddhistischen Dialog (review)

May, John D'Arcy
Buddhist-Christian Studies , Volume 21 (1) – Jan 1, 2001
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BOOK REVIEWS DIMENSIONEN DER LEERE: GOTT ALS NICHTS UND NICHTS ALS GOTT IM CHRISTLICH-BUDDISTISCHEN DIALOG. By Armin Münch. Münster, Hamburg, London: LIT-Verlag, 1998. 337 pp. This is a most unusual study, pieced together out of hidden facets and neglected aspects of Buddhist and Christian studies and containing an unrivaled overview of the literature. If modern Western theology, taking its cue from Heidegger, has emphasized the temporality of existence, Münch draws our attention to its "spatiality" in what he calls "dimensional thinking." He is able to point to an astonishing number of thinkers from a variety of disciplines who have taken as their starting point our need to orient ourselves in space. In this light, the kenôsis passage Philippians 2:5­11 is seen to be patterned on a U-shaped movement linking the dimensions "above" and "below" as distinct from S- and O-shaped movements found elsewhere in the mystical tradition. Münch goes on to establish left /right, behind /before, inside/outside, coming to be /passing away as what he calls "immanentals" (12­13) analogous to the "transcendentals" of scholastic theology. In particular, he seeks out thinkers who have tried to formulate the "fourth dimension," which would take us beyond conventional space-time. Plotinus, Eckhart,

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