Buddhist-Confucian Dialogue by Doil Kim, Leah Kalmanson - 9783032145666

Buddhist-Confucian DialogueA Contribution to the Comparative Philosophy of Religion\nAuthor(s): Doil Kim, Leah Kalmanson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Switzerland\nImprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG\nISBN-13: 9783032145666, 978-3032145666\nSynopsis\nThis volume offers a fresh exploration of the enduring dialogue between Confucianism and Buddhism, two traditions that have profoundly shaped East Asian thought. Reviving an exchange long neglected in modern scholarship, it proposes a new comparative approach in the philosophy of religiona way of understanding how these traditions have long coexisted through seeming opposition, continually shaping, challenging, and enriching each others visions of truth and virtue.\n\nContributors examine diverse encounters where Buddhist and Confucian thinkers debated life and death, emotion and morality, self-cultivation and governance, while finding inspiration across traditions. Through discussions of ethics, polit.