{"product_id":"the-emptied-christ-of-philippians-mah-257-y-257-na-meditations-paperback-1","title":"The Emptied Christ of Philippians: Mah\u0026#257;y\u0026#257;na Meditations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn P. Keenan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRuben L. F. Habito\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore the Gospels were written, long before the creeds of the Church were hammered out, Christ followers in Philippi sang a hymn of the Christ who, \"although he was in the form of God . . . emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born as are all humans.\" But this emptied Christ never fit neatly into later theologies of the church, shaped by Greek thought, concerned with being and essence. In Philippians, Paul struggles, stumbling over his own awkward words to express his hope, his eschatological faith, that he might \"gain Christ and be found in him . . . and participate in his sufferings by being conformed to his death, if in some way I may reach to what goes beyond the resurrection from the dead.\" Might we better comprehend Paul's inchoate, even mystical, faith in Jesus Christ with aid from a less empirical world of thought than our western heritage offers? Might the thinking of Mahā[set macron over a]yā[set macron over a]na Buddhism guide us toward an awareness of a truth in the Christian faith that is more profound than anything reducible to historical \"facts,\" or even to human language?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn P. Keenan is Professor Emeritus of Religion at Middlebury College and a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. His publications include \u003ci\u003eI Am \/ No Self: A Christian Reading of the Heart Sūtra; The Gospel of Mark: A Mahāyāna Reading; The Meaning of Christ: A Mahāyāna Theology\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Study of the Buddhabhūmyupadeśa: The Doctrinal Development of the Notion of Wisdom in Yogācāra Thought\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.9 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 15, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669864550496,"sku":"9781498221313","price":65.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/TmMrRXM2OXQ5ZmxEbzYzWU9td2dmUT09.webp?v=1774867842","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/the-emptied-christ-of-philippians-mah-257-y-257-na-meditations-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}