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Book SynopsisRaimon Panikkar: A Companion to his Life and Thought is a guide to the life, work and thought of Raimon Panikkar, a self-professed Buddhist-Christian-Hindu philosopher and theologian. A man of deep and wide learning and an extremely prolific author, Panikkar is equally at home in various religious and cultural traditions and embodies in himself the ideals of intercultural, intrareligious, and interreligious dialogues. This book explicates Panikkar''s basic vision of life as the harmonious rhythm of divinity, humanity, and the cosmos, which he terms cosmotheandrism, and shows how it permeates and illumines his articulations of the central Christian doctrines. Given the complexity and difficulty of Panikkar''s thought this book is a welcome companion for a course on Panikkar and for a general reader who wishes to understand one of the most profound and orginal thinkers of our time.
Trade ReviewI would readily recommen this volume to anyone interested in acquainting themselves with Panikkar's work, or for those who wish to deepen their understanding of his 'mutationism' and mysticism John Alllison, Reading Religion, 2020 This is a really important study Robin Gill, Editor, Theology 122(5) The greatest merit of th indispensable 'companion', is perhaps that it inspires its reader to embark, beyong (but not without) their own religious tradition on a journey towards the mystery of being itself. As much as Panikkar himself, this captivating colume does not leave its readers untouched. Johan Verstraeten, Loyvain Studies (2020) N.2 p.186-87
Table of ContentsAbbreviations Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Who Is Raimon Panikkar, Why this Book, and Why Now? - Peter C. Phan and Young-chan Ro Part I: The Many Faces of Raimon Panikkar 2. Raimon Panikkar: Life and Work - Milena Carrara Pavan 3. Panikkar the Christian Thinker - Joseph Prabhu 4. Panikkar's Dharma, the West's Karma: Panikkar and Hinduism - Erik Ranstrom 5. Panikkar and the Silence of the Buddha - Michiko Yusa 6. Panikkar the Dialogical Man: Religion and Religions - Jyri Komulainen Part II: Foundational Themes: Philosophical and Theological 7. Hermeneutics, Myth, Symbol, Religious Language - J. Abraham Vélez de Cea 8. Mysticism and Spirituality in Panikkar's Thought - Young-chan Ro 9. Who's Playing with Whom? The Many Dwelling Places of Wisdom in the Theology of Raimon Panikkar - Leo Lefebure 10. The Trinity and the Cosmotheandric Vision: Reflections on Panikkar's Intercultural Theology - Anselm Min 11. Time, History, and Christophany - Francis D'Sa 12. Anthropology: Being Human - Gerard Hall 13. Sexuality and Gender in the Vision of Raimon Panikkar - M. Roberta Cappellini 14. Sacred Secularity and Prophetism: A Tension in Panikkar's Work? - Fred Dallmayr 15. Raimon Panikkar's "Eschatology": The Unpublished Chapter - Peter C. Phan 16. After Panikkar: An Epilogue - Francis X. Clooney, SJ A Glossary of Panikkarian Terms Bibliography: Primary and Secondary Index
