About the author
Born in Brasschaat, Belgium, 7th of August 1960.
Member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM, Scheut).
MA in Comparative Religion, International Univ. of Lugano, Switzerland.
BA in Theology, Catholic University of Louvain (KU Leuven), Belgium.
MA in Theology of Religions, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan.
MA in Buddhist Studies, Koyasan University, Wakayama, Japan.
PhD and STD in Theology of Religions, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan;
Visiting professor at Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at Catholic University of Louvain (KU Leuven) for course on Buddhism, Hinduism, Eastern Religion (in English and Dutch); giving mindfulness courses, yoga courses, and spiritual weekends for University Parish of KU Leuven.
Director of SEDOS (Servizio di Documentazione e Studi della Missione Globale), Rome.
Shingon Mysticism, Koyasan Publications, 2006, 172 pp.
イエスと空海、不二の世界 [Jesus and Kukai, a world of non-duality], Nakanishiya Publications, Kyoto, 2012 (2013, 2nd edition), 451 pp.
Wereldwijd, Verhalen van overal [Worldwide, Stories from everywhere], Uitgeverij Pelckmans (together with Rebekka Jonkers en Kolet Janssen), 2012, 207 pp.
Anders Denken [Thinking Differently], Halewijn, 2015, 167 pp.
Jesus and Kukai, A World of Non-Duality, Franz Schmitt Verlag, 2018, 256 pp.
The Hidden "God", Towards a Christian Theology of Buddhism, Angelico Press, 2022, 240 pp. (Frederick J. Streng Book Award 2022)
New Trends in Mission, The Emerging Future (co-editor Marie-Helene Robert), Orbis Books, 2022, 450 pp.
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Jesus and Kukai, A World of Non-Duality
Baekelmans, Peter
2018-01
Description
Although the relation between Christianity and Buddhism cannot be studied in a historical way, phenomenology of religion gives a good way to do so. Here, the example of the relation between Christianity and Shingon Esoteric Buddhism (Japan) on a theological and philosophical level is given. (results of PhD research and other studies)
Publisher
Franz Schmitt Verlag; Siegburg, Germany
Date
2018-01
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