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13. Finding the Right Questions about Religious Diversity: What Buddhist Could Contribute to Discussions of Religious Diversity


 
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1. Title Title of document 13. Finding the Right Questions about Religious Diversity: What Buddhist Could Contribute to Discussions of Religious Diversity - Buddhist Responses to Religious Diversity
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Rita Gross; University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire;
 
3. Subject Discipline(s) Religious Studies
 
4. Subject Keyword(s) Theravādin Buddhism; Tibetan Buddhism; Buddhist tradition; Buddhist attitude; Buddhism in relation to other religions; tolerance in Buddhism
 
5. Subject Subject classification Buddhist Studies
 
6. Description Abstract This chapter argues that all current theologies of religion share the presupposition that differences among religions are a problem, even a mistake, and that unity or agreement would be preferable to difference and religious diversity. But theologians of religion need to start at the other end of the puzzle, conceding from the get-go that religious diversity is here to stay, is inevitable, normal, natural, and, therefore, not the major problem or issue. The important questions are not about them, the others who are different from us, but about us. Why do we dislike diversity so much? Why does it make us so uncomfortable? Why does difference so frequently elicit the response of ranking the different options hierarchically? And, most important of all, how can we cure our own discomfort with diversity? The chapter also suggests that we need to practice the spiritual disciplines that help us overcome our egocentric preferences for a world in which everyone else would be just like us and can, instead, live comfortable in a world that accommodates vast differences.
 
7. Publisher Organizing agency, location Equinox Publishing Ltd
 
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9. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 05-Aug-2020
 
10. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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13. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/38399
 
14. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.1558/equinox.38399
 
15. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Equinox eBooks Publishing; Buddhist Responses to Religious Diversity
 
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