Buddhism, Christianity And the Question of Creation: Karmic or Divine?

Creation was a crucial arena when Christians and Buddhists opposed each other during previous centuries. North American and European religious scholars here re-open the debate not to rekindle conflict but to contribute to mutual understanding. Their topics include Hindu doctrines of creation and their Buddhist critiques, creation and the problem of evil, and creation and process theology. Schmidt-Leukel (systematic theology and religious studies, U. of Glasgow) then explores the possibility of a Buddhist-Christian theology of creation. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Perry Schmidt-Leukel has a Diploma in Theology (Munich, 1982); MA in Philosophy of Religion (Munich, 1984) with a dissertation on Pali-Buddhism; Dr. theol. (Munich, 1990) with a thesis on Buddhista€“Christian Hermeneutics; and Dr. theol. habil. (Munich, 1996) with a habilitatio on Theology of Religions. From 1987a€“2000 he has had teaching posts at the Universities of Munich, Innsbruck and Salzburg, and since 2000 was Professor at the University of Glasgow. He has been a member of the secretarial board of the 'European Network of Buddhista€“Christian Studies' since 1997. Perry has authored five books, co-authored two and edited ten (e.g. Buddhist Perceptions of Jesus, St. Ottilien 2001; War and Peace in World Religions, SCM 2004; Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue, SCM 2005). He has had more than 100 scholarly publications in the field of Systematic Theology, Theology of Religions, and Buddhist-Christian Dialogue. Perry Schmidt-Leukel is currently Professor at the Institute for Religious Studies and Inter-Faith Theology at the University of Muenster, Germany.