Special Issue: Proceedings of the Buddhist-Catholic Dialogue on Suffering, Liberation, and Fraternity (Rome, June 23-27, 2015)
Contents
Editorial
Dialogue Documents
Reflections and Blessing
Pope Francis
Keynote Address
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
Greetings of Peace
Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski
Relational Suffering and Its Causes
The Causes of Relational Suffering and their Cessation according to Theravada Buddhism
Ven. Dr. Phramaha Thanat Inthisan
Suffering and the Teachings of Jesus Christ
Rev. Donald J. Rooney
The Teachings of the Buddha about Relational Suffering
Ven. Maharagama Dhammasiri
The Understanding of Suffering in the Early Christian Church
Leo D. Lefebure
Causes of Relational Suffering between Persons According to the Tradition of the Church Mothers
Anne McCarthy, OSB
Liberation from Relational Suffering
Mahayana Practices for Healing, Reconciliation and Peace: Perfect Peace Makes Practice
Rev. Ronald Kobata
To Bind, To Heal, To Reconcile: The Church and Interreligious Dialogue
Rev. Brian E. McWeeney
The Mahayana Practices for Healing, Reconciliation, and Peace
Ven. Thich Tu-Luc
Catholic Moral Teachings and Spiritual Practices for Human Relations: Catholic Practices for Healing, Reconciliation and Peace
Rev. Wilfred Tyrrell, S.A.
Catholic Theology of Creation: Nature’s Value and Relation to Humankind
Donald W. Mitchell
The Buddha Was Enlightened Under a Tree: A Buddhist Perspective on Nature and the Climate Crisis
Hozan Alan Senauke
Fraternity as the Way Forward
The Four Divine Abodes and Fraternity: A Theravada Perspective
Ven. Sumana Barua
Fraternity in the Christian Tradition: Koinonia as an Interpretive Hermeneutic
Very Rev. Thomas A. Baima
The Great Compassion and Fraternity in Mahayana Buddhist Traditions
Ven. Dr. Dhammadıpa Sak (Fa Yao 法曜)
Fraternity in the Catholic Monastic Tradition
Rev. William Skudlarek
Fraternity as the Way Forward
Rev. Kyoichi Sugino
Building a Fraternal World: A Won Buddhist Perspective
Ven. Chung Ohun Lee
Survey of Catholic Social Teachings
James Fredericks
Fraternal Interreligious Cooperation
Social Ills and Possible Social Action in the United States: The Need to Support Families and Youth
Ven. Bhante Chao Chu
Partnerships in Social Services and Dialogue: Lessons from Manhattan, Staten Island, and the Bronx
Thomas P. Dobbins, Jr.
A Universal Vision of Human Goodness and Social Transformation
Acharya Fleet Maull
A Catholic View of Social Concerns in the United States
Lorraine Moriarty
Buddhist Views of Social Concerns in the United States
Rev. Patti Nakai
Catholic Thoughts on Collaboration in Addressing Social Ills
Susan M. Pudelek
Understanding Power, Privilege, Intent, and Impact in Catholic-Buddhist and Buddhist-Catholic Social Change Initiatives
Mushim Patricia Ikeda
Possible Buddhist-Catholic Collaborations
David Barringer