走向创造的佛—耶神学

Toward a Buddhist-Christian Theology of Creation

未来的信仰间对话是否应转向信仰间神学的方向尚存争议。信仰间神学尝试把不同的信仰见解整合起来,寻求诸信仰最终的兼容性。根据W.C.史密斯的理解,诸宗教之间的冲突能够且也应该被视为一种"综合的邀请"。进行宗教间对话是宗教间神学发展的需要。佛教对神圣创造者的否定和基督教对神圣创造者信仰的肯定表明,从解释学上看,尽管佛教和基督教具有明显的不兼容性,但两者在世界起源问题上的猜想具有共同的关注点和目的。

An argument can be made that future inter-faith dialogue should move toward the direction of an inter-faith theology, which forms an attempt to integrate insights from different faith perspectives and ask for their eventual compatibility. Apparent contradictions can and should--according to W. C. Smith--be seen as an mwtanon to synthesis. There is a need for an interreligious theology to have interreligious dialogue. The Buddhist denial and the Christian affirmation of a Divine Creator show that despite the seeming incompatibility, a closer hermeneutieal investigation can indeed reveal that both sides have much in common in terms of motives and concerns.