Published On:Friday 12 September 2014

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Fourteen years ago, José Cabezón argued brilliantly that “theology” should no longer be a dirty word in Buddhism (despite being derived from the Greek word theos, or “God”). He proposed that Buddhist theology simply serves a similar task to the theological systems of other faiths. As a discipline, Buddhist theology mounts academic and philosophical defenses on Buddhism’s behalf and critically studies its entire world view, including how the Buddha himself should be religiously understood (Cabezón 2003, 39–40). But in a Buddhist version of political correctness gone mad, theology as a term remains almost taboo in many Buddhist circles. Master Huijing’s book on the protagonist of the Pure Land tradition, the Buddha Amitabha, is the perfect publication to recommend to those of little faith in Buddhism’s ability to do good theology.  See at more: http://newlotus.buddhistdoor.com/en/news/d/41734