A Note on the Format
Introduction
Dennis Hirota
Part One
Contemporary Interpretations of Pure Land Buddhist Tradition
1. Images of Reality in the Shin Buddhist Path
A Hermeneutical Approach
Dennis Hirota
2. Understanding Amida Buddha and the Pure Land
A Process Approach
John S. Yokota
3. Mandala Contemplation and Pure Land Practice: A Comparative Study
A Buddhological Approach
Musashi Tachikawa
Part Two
Responses from Two Western Religious Thinkers
4. Pure Land Buddhism Today
Some Methodological Issues in Recent Revisionist Interpretations
Gordon D. Kaufman
5. A Christian Critique of Pure Land Buddhism
John B. Cobb, Jr.
Part Three
Reconsiderations of Buddhist Theological Reflection
6. Dialogic Engagement and Truth
Dennis Hirota
7. A Call to Compassion
John S. Yokota
8. The World and Amida Buddha
Musashi Tachikawa
Afterword
Dennis Hirota
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index