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When Guanyin Encounters Madonna: Rethinking on Chinese Madonna from the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago 当观音遇见圣母:中国圣母再思考展于芝加哥菲尔德自然历史博物馆

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0019

Huijun Li

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Contexts of Reception: The Lotus Sūtra in Nineteenth-Century Europe and What They Overlooked 接受的语境:莲花Sūtra在19世纪的欧洲和他们忽视了什么

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0001

J. Franklin

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Tendrel: A Memoir of New York and the Buddhist Himalayas by Harold Talbott (review) 《Tendrel:纽约与佛教喜马拉雅山的回忆录》作者:哈罗德·塔尔博特(书评)

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0030

Margaret M. Turek

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"Empathy on Trial: Is Empathy Inherently Biased?" “移情试验:移情本身有偏见吗?”

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0022

Wioleta Polinska

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Philosophy beyond Mechanization: Critiquing Economic Liberalism through Nishitani Keiji's Critique of Modernity 超越机械化的哲学:从西谷敬二的现代性批判看经济自由主义

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0013

Dennis Stromback

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Transformation or Rediscovery? Soteriological and Cosmological Themes in the Lotus Sutra and the Philokalic Tradition 转型还是重新发现?《法华经》和哲学传统中的救赎论和宇宙论主题

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0004

Thomas Cattoi

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Clouds Speaking and Words Singing: Patterns of Revelation and Piety in the Lotus Sutra and in the Hebrew Bible 云说词唱:《法华经》和《希伯来圣经》中的启示和虔诚模式

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0007

Mira Niculescu

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Beyond Pluralism and Inclusivism: Multiple Religious Validity and the Lotus Sūtra 超越多元与包容:多元宗教有效性与莲花Sūtra

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0002

K. Largen

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Paths to Interreligious Dialogue: The Teaching of the Lotus Sutra and the Spirituality of Focolare Movement 宗教间对话之路:法华经的教导与佛家运动的灵性

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0008

Hiroshi Munehiro Niwano

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A Review of Gospel of Thomas and Itivuttaka from formal Perspective 从形式的角度看多马福音和提夫特卡

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Buddhist-Christian Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.1353/bcs.2020.0018

Sung-Chul Hwang

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