The Emptying God
A Buddhist-Jewish-Christian Conversation
Edited by John B. Cobb Jr. and Christopher Ives
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
John B. Cobb, Jr. is an American theologian, philosopher, and environmentalist. Described by historian Gary Dorrien as one of the two most important North American theologians of the twentieth century, Cobb is the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, and the author of more than fifty books. In 2014, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Cobb is a founding co-director of the Center for Process Studies and Professor Emeritus of Claremont School of Theology and Claremont Graduate University.
Christopher Ives is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts. He is also the editor of 'Divine Emptiness and Historical Fullness' (1995).
"An extremely important new contribution. . . . Everyone interested in this dialogue will want to study Masao Abe's unfolding of the basic Buddhist concept of sunyata and its relation to the concept of God, and the various responses which follow."
-- John Hick, author of 'The Metaphor of God Incarnate'
"This book is an event by taking seriously the Buddhist, Christian, and Jewish traditions at the same time. Professor Abe's work, deeply rooted in the Zen philosophy and at the same time open for dialogue, is a real challenge for Jewish-Christian thinking. The responses in this book are not a last word, but a first attempt to dialogue."
-- Hans Kung, author of 'Theology for the Third Millennium: An Ecumenical View'