Creation and Process Theology: A Question to Buddhism

Christian inter-religious dialogue with Buddhism has largely focused on other issues and terms than ‘creation’. In A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, Leonard Swidler outlines 11 topics in the dialogue: (1) ‘Gautama, the Buddha’s Basic Teaching’; (2) ‘Theism, A-Theism, Non-Theism’; (3) ‘Relational Process Thinking’; (4) ‘Ultimate Reality’; (5) ‘Imago Dei and Anatta’; (6) ‘Yeshua and Gautama: “Actionoriented,” Soteriocentric’; (7) ‘The Christ-The Buddha’; (8) ‘Prophet-Monk’; (9) ‘Faith-Works: Tariki-Jiriki’; (10) ‘Creed-Code-Cult’; (11) ‘Ethics: Individual-Social’.1