Description: The interdependence of boundary questions and the
experience of cognitive dissonance reveal that knowledge in all
fields of inquiry is always incomplete and tentative. The issues
are particularly acute for Christian theological reflection. Ingram
illustrates the importance of boundary questions and cognitive
dissonance as a means of creatively transforming contemporary
Christian theological reflection through dialogue with the natural
sciences and the world's religions, particularly Buddhism, filtered
through the lenses of Whiteheadian process philosophy.
Endorsements: ""In a religiously plural world, theologians have
been struggling to recognize this pluralism as they do their
theological work. It happens less often that historians of religion
articulate their theology out of their work and their findings. In
this book, directly, clearly, and boldly, Paul Ingram does so,
sometimes breaking new ground in the process."" -John B. Cobb Jr
Professor Emeritus Claremont School of Theology ""Paul Ingram is
one of relatively few Christian systematic theologians to
synthesize reflections from his work in interreligious dialogue
(especially the Buddhist-Christian exchange) and from his study of
the ongoing exchange between philosophically oriented natural
scientists and scientifically minded Christian
philosophers/theologians. The present book represents the latest
stage in his thinking on these matters. As Ingram himself comments,
the experience of cognitive dissonance in comparing and contrasting
quite different points of view on foundational issues may be often
quite unsettling, but it seems to be the only way to keep growing
intellectually, morally, and spiritually."" -Joseph A. Bracken, SJ
Emeritus Professor of Theology Xavier University ""In Theological
Reflections at the Boundaries, Paul Ingram challenges his readers
to ask of themselves, 'Who do you say that I am?' in relation to
the questions of Christian identity in a global society of
religious pluralism, in a world increasingly defined by science and
technology, and in a deep manner in terms of what it really means
to be a human being. Most of all, though, he does this by asking
himself this question, and by so doing, shares his journey and
points the way."" -Mark Unno Associate Professor of East Asian
Religions University of Oregon About the Contributor(s): Paul O.
Ingram is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, Washington. He is the author of Wrestling
with God (Cascade Books, 2006) and The Process of
Buddhist-Christian Dialogue (Cascade Books, 2009).
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