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Dimensionen der Leere: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im Christlich-Buddistischen Dialog (review)

Dimensionen der Leere: Gott als Nichts und Nichts als Gott im Christlich-Buddistischen Dialog... BCS 21 pp. i-viii, 1-164 12/5/01 6:24 PM Page 139 BOOK REVIEWS 139 DIMENSIONEN DER LEERE: GOT T 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 empha- sized 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 2:5–11 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 mys- tical tradition. Münch goes on to establish left /right, behind / before, inside /outside, coming to be /passing away as what he calls “immanentals” (12–13) analogous to the “transcendentals” of scholastic theology. In particular, he seeks out thinkers who have 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-Buddistischen Dialog (review)

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Buddhist-Christian Studies , Volume 21 – Jan 1, 2001
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BCS 21 pp. i-viii, 1-164 12/5/01 6:24 PM Page 139 BOOK REVIEWS 139 DIMENSIONEN DER LEERE: GOT T 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 empha- sized 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 2:5–11 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 mys- tical tradition. Münch goes on to establish left /right, behind / before, inside /outside, coming to be /passing away as what he calls “immanentals” (12–13) analogous to the “transcendentals” of scholastic theology. In particular, he seeks out thinkers who have

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