Table of Contents

Foreword Jonathan Z. Smith Preface: Comparing Religious Ideas Robert Cummings Neville Acknowledgments Introduction Robert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 1. Truth in Chinese Religion Livia Kohn and James Miller 2. From Truth to Religious Truth in Hindu Philosophical Theology Francis X. Clooney, S.J., with Hugh R. Nicholson 3. "With Great Noise and Mighty Whirlpools the Ganges Flowed Backwards": Buddhist Approaches to Truth Malcolm David Eckel 4. "To Practice Together Truth and Humility, Justice and Law, Love of Merciful Kindness and Modest Behavior" Anthony J. Saldarini with Joseph A. Kanofsky 5. Patristic Prama and Pramana: Augustine and the Quest for Truth Paula Fredriksen 6. The Taxonomy of Truth in the Islamic Religious Doctrine and Tradition S. Nomanul Haq 7. Religious Truth in the Six Traditions: A Summary Robert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 8. A Contemporary Understanding of Religious Truth Robert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 9. On the Nature of Religion: Lessons We Have Learned Wesley J. Wildman and Robert Cummings Neville 10. Director's Conclusions Robert Cummings Neville Appendix A: On the Process of the Project During the Third Year Wesley J. Wildman Appendix B: Suggestions for Further Reading Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects

About the Author

Robert Cummings Neville is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University, and Dean of the School of Theology. He has written many books, including most recently, Behind the Masks of God: An Essay Toward Comparative Theology; Normative Cultures; The Truth of Broken Symbols; and Boston Confucianism: Portable Tradition in the Late-Modern World , all published by SUNY Press.

Reviews

"The richly nuanced treatments of 'embodied truth' and other non-epistemological senses of truth provide many fresh insights, especially as the reader gets to compare them across world religions." - John Morreall, author of Comedy, Tragedy, and Religion