Table of Contents

Contents: Preface 1. WHY THIS SUBJECT? 2. THE RELATIONS OF EASTERN CULTURES AND RELIGIONS WITH THE WEST IN THE PAST 3. THE NEW SITUATION IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY 4. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS 5. THE CULTURAL RESPONSE OF THE EAST TO THE WESTERN INVASION: THE MUSLIM WORLD 6. THE CULTURAL RESPONSE OF THE EAST TO THE WESTERN INVASION: HINDU INDIA 7. THE CULTURAL RESPONSE OF THE EAST TO THE WESTERN INVASION: THE BUDDHIST WORLD 8. THE CULTURAL RESPONSE OF THE EAST TO THE WESTERN INVASION: CHINA AND JAPAN 9. THE WESTERN RESPONSE TO EASTERN CULTURES AND RELIGIONS 10. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE POLITICAL REVOLUTION IN ASIA SINCE WORLD WAR II AND OF THE RESURGENCE OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN RELIGIONS 11. "THE COMING WORLD-CIVILIZATION" 12. THE TERMS OF THE COMING DIALOGUE Index of Proper Names Index of Subjects

About the Author

Dr. Hendrik Kraemer received his doctor's degree in Oriental Languages, Cultures, and Religions from Leiden University. He became Professor of the History and Phenomenology of Religions in the Theological Faculty of the University of Leiden (Netherlands). He was Director of the Ecumenical Institute of the World Council of Churches at Bossey (near Geneva) and was Fosdick Visiting Professor at the Union Theological Seminary, New York.