Perry Schmidt‐Leukel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5903209 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Perry Schmidt‐Leukel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Perry |
| FAMILY NAME | Schmidt‐Leukel |
| SIGNATURE | LEUKEL P S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Münster |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Fractals and the World Religions Paradigm
The paper analyses the critical deconstruction of the concept of ‘religion’ and the ‘world religions paradigm’. Following Paul Hedges, it distinguishes between soft and hard deconstruction, opting for the first. It shows how John Hick’s version of religious pluralism (in the wake of Wilfred Cantwell Smith) fits in well with an understanding of religions as non-static, internally diverse and structurally entangled traditions. This view is further …
Non-dualism as the Foundation of Dualism: The Case of Shinran Shōnin
Starting from the allegation of the Pure Land tradition “as a deviant form of Buddhism,” the paper looks at non-dualist and dualist features in the teachings of the Japanese medieval Pure Land master Shinran Shōnin (1173–1263). It is suggested that Shinran should be understood within the Mahāyāna framework of the two truths or realities ( satyadvaya ). Shinran retains both perspectives in a paradoxical way implicating that non-dualism needs to be…
Reciprocal Illumination and the Discovery of Fractal Patterns in Religious Diversity
This essay presents Arvind Sharma’s concept of “reciprocal illumination” as an innovative defense of interreligious comparison, showing that the comparative approach is still meaningful despite its currently widespread critique. In discussing Sharma’s concept, the essay focuses on the internal diversity of religious traditions, asking whether “reciprocal illumination” is possible because religious diversity is apparently not entirely at random bu…
Religion: Historical Fact or Interpretive Theory? A Response to Hubert Seiwert
Pluralisms and the Issue of the Third (tṛtīya)
In the past, all the major religious traditions, including their numerous branches and sub-traditions, have usually claimed their own unique superiority. 1 Hence, contemporary efforts to conceive the relationship between religions in a pluralistic and egalitarian manner 2 need to critically confront the specific doctrinal foundations on which the superiority-claim of their respective tradition rests.This implies that pluralist positions need to b…
Peter Berger's "Many Altars" and the Theology of Religions
Religious Diversity in Chinese Thought
This collection of essays by major scholars analyze the religious diversity in Chinese religion, bringing together topics from traditional and contemporary contexts and Chinese religions' encounters w
Buddhist‐Muslim Dialogue. Observations and Suggestions from a Christian Perspective
Orthodoxy and Religious Pluralism: A Rejoinder
On Claimed “Orthodoxy”, Quibbling With Words, and Some Serious Implications: A Comment on the Tilley‐d'costa Debate About Religious Pluralism
The article provides critical comments on three features of the recent debate between Terrence W. Tilley and Gavin D'Costa in Modern Theology . The use of the Vatican document Dominus Iesus as a parameter of “Christian” or even “Roman Catholic orthodoxy” is criticized as being presumptuous and highly questionable. Further it is argued that Tilley's and D'Costa's disagreement is less substantial than they claim and is largely rooted in contradicto…
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights:Resonances and Dissonances1 Perry Schmidt-Leukel In 1991 L.P.N. Perera, Professor of Pāli and Buddhist Studies in Sri Lanka, published a Buddhist commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this commentary Perera tries to show that, in the Pāli canon, i.e. the canonical scripture of Theravāda Buddhism, for every single article of the Human Rights Declaration a substantial parallel or at least …
Gott ohne Grenzen: Eine christliche und pluralistische Theologie der Religionen
Die Welt ist ein Pulverfass und die Lunte am ihm sind die Religionen. Nicht selten sind genuin religiöse Antagonismen die eigentlichen Ursachen von Gewalttätigkeit und Krieg. Ist religiöse Toleranz den anderen gegenüber ausreichend? Oder kann es hier auch so etwas wie eine echte gegenseitige Anerkennung und theologische Wertschätzung geben? Perry Schmidt-Leukel hält dies nicht für unmöglich. Jede Religion muss die These von dem Gleichbezug aller …
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights
Buddhism and Christianity: Antagonistic or Complementary
In his most recent publication the highly renowned sociologist Peter Berger presents his personal interpretation of the Christian creed. In the second chapter, where Berger speaks about belief in God, he describes his understanding of the Christian faith by contrasting it with the Buddhist doctrine of the three marks of existence (tilakkhana), that is, the teaching that all things are impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory or suffering (dukkha) and…
Buddhism and Christianity: Antagonistic or Complementary
In his most recent publication the highly renowned sociologist Peter Berger presents his personal interpretation of the Christian creed. In the second chapter, where Berger speaks about belief in God, he describes his understanding of the Christian faith by contrasting it with the Buddhist doctrine of the three marks of existence (tilakkhana), that is, the teaching that all things are impermanent (anicca), unsatisfactory or suffering (dukkha) and…
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights
Gott ohne Grenzen: Eine christliche und pluralistische Theologie der Religionen
Die Welt ist ein Pulverfass und die Lunte am ihm sind die Religionen. Nicht selten sind genuin religiöse Antagonismen die eigentlichen Ursachen von Gewalttätigkeit und Krieg. Ist religiöse Toleranz den anderen gegenüber ausreichend? Oder kann es hier auch so etwas wie eine echte gegenseitige Anerkennung und theologische Wertschätzung geben? Perry Schmidt-Leukel hält dies nicht für unmöglich. Jede Religion muss die These von dem Gleichbezug aller …
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights: Resonances and Dissonances
Buddhism and the Idea of Human Rights:Resonances and Dissonances1 Perry Schmidt-Leukel In 1991 L.P.N. Perera, Professor of Pāli and Buddhist Studies in Sri Lanka, published a Buddhist commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In this commentary Perera tries to show that, in the Pāli canon, i.e. the canonical scripture of Theravāda Buddhism, for every single article of the Human Rights Declaration a substantial parallel or at least …
Orthodoxy and Religious Pluralism: A Rejoinder
On Claimed “Orthodoxy”, Quibbling With Words, and Some Serious Implications: A Comment on the Tilley‐d'costa Debate About Religious Pluralism
The article provides critical comments on three features of the recent debate between Terrence W. Tilley and Gavin D'Costa in Modern Theology . The use of the Vatican document Dominus Iesus as a parameter of “Christian” or even “Roman Catholic orthodoxy” is criticized as being presumptuous and highly questionable. Further it is argued that Tilley's and D'Costa's disagreement is less substantial than they claim and is largely rooted in contradicto…
Buddhist‐Muslim Dialogue. Observations and Suggestions from a Christian Perspective
Religious Diversity in Chinese Thought
This collection of essays by major scholars analyze the religious diversity in Chinese religion, bringing together topics from traditional and contemporary contexts and Chinese religions' encounters w
Peter Berger's "Many Altars" and the Theology of Religions
Religion: Historical Fact or Interpretive Theory? A Response to Hubert Seiwert
Pluralisms and the Issue of the Third (tṛtīya)
In the past, all the major religious traditions, including their numerous branches and sub-traditions, have usually claimed their own unique superiority. 1 Hence, contemporary efforts to conceive the relationship between religions in a pluralistic and egalitarian manner 2 need to critically confront the specific doctrinal foundations on which the superiority-claim of their respective tradition rests.This implies that pluralist positions need to b…
Fractals and the World Religions Paradigm
The paper analyses the critical deconstruction of the concept of ‘religion’ and the ‘world religions paradigm’. Following Paul Hedges, it distinguishes between soft and hard deconstruction, opting for the first. It shows how John Hick’s version of religious pluralism (in the wake of Wilfred Cantwell Smith) fits in well with an understanding of religions as non-static, internally diverse and structurally entangled traditions. This view is further …
Non-dualism as the Foundation of Dualism: The Case of Shinran Shōnin
Starting from the allegation of the Pure Land tradition “as a deviant form of Buddhism,” the paper looks at non-dualist and dualist features in the teachings of the Japanese medieval Pure Land master Shinran Shōnin (1173–1263). It is suggested that Shinran should be understood within the Mahāyāna framework of the two truths or realities ( satyadvaya ). Shinran retains both perspectives in a paradoxical way implicating that non-dualism needs to be…
Reciprocal Illumination and the Discovery of Fractal Patterns in Religious Diversity
This essay presents Arvind Sharma’s concept of “reciprocal illumination” as an innovative defense of interreligious comparison, showing that the comparative approach is still meaningful despite its currently widespread critique. In discussing Sharma’s concept, the essay focuses on the internal diversity of religious traditions, asking whether “reciprocal illumination” is possible because religious diversity is apparently not entirely at random bu…
Philosophy (13 works) · Epistemology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Theology (8 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (6 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Buddhism (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works)