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Article: The 2000 meeting of the society for Buddhist-Christian studies. (News and views).
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- Buddhist-Christian Studies
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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The annual meeting of the Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies met in Nashville on Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18, 2000. This year's papers addressed the theme "Beyond the Usual Alternatives in Buddhist-Christian Dialogue," with usual alternatives being the categories of exclusivism, inclusivism, and pluralism.
The first session was held Friday afternoon. The first presenter, Terry Muck, spoke from a Christian perspective. He first addressed the adequacies of these three categories. Were these legitimate categories? Were they the only categories? Were there better ways to categorize theoretical positions involving the truth claims of the other? Terry ...