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浙江大学学报(人文社会科学版) 2010
Resurrecting the Case of the Thomist Mission :Seeing the 21st Century in the 1st
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Abstract:
A methodology for Dialogue as Cross Talk whereby the parties allow their different ways of being-in-the-world collide as to open up avenues of exploration.The first of the East/West dialogue of ancient civilization,namely,the dialogue between Christianity and Buddhism firstly happened on Silk Road in the 1st century. It is still alleged from the Christian side that the Thomas Mission changed the character of Buddhism and took it (henceforth as Mahayana) towards the Theistic side. However,there is enough cou...