Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness - An Epistemological Exploration of Bernard Lonergan, Karl Rahner and Nāgārjuna - John N.C. Robinson
Nāgārjuna’s Mūlamadhyamakakārikā: A Lonerganian Analysis
Knowing God, Knowing Emptiness - An Epistemological Exploration of Bernard Lonergan, Karl Rahner and Nāgārjuna - John N.C. Robinson
John N.C. Robinson [+]
Independent Scholar
John N.C. Robinson holds a B.A Hons in Theology and Biblical Studies from Trinity College Dublin, and an M.Phil in Ecumenics and a PhD from the internationally known Irish School Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. He was vice-chair of the Young Leadership Council of the International Council of Christians and Jews for three years, and chair for a further two years, facilitating interfaith encounter between Jews, Muslims and Christians from Europe, the United States and the Middle East. He is also involved on an ongoing basis with the European Network for Buddhist-Christian Studies, and is a member of a number of international ecumenical and interfaith networks. He is particularly interested in the role of epistemology in interfaith dialogue, liberation theology, and the interaction between theology and gender, particularly in terms of how this affects marginalised communities.
Description
The third chapter examines and reconstructs Nāgārjuna’s arguments in his seminal Mūlamadhyamakakārikā in which he examines the nature of śūnyatā. Jay Garfield’s translation from the Tibetan text and commentary is used to heighten the dialectic with Rahner’s argument. The Mūlamadhyamakakārikā is then parsed according to Lonergan’s epistemological and metaphysical structure.