Religious Truth

Robert Cummings Neville is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Religion, and Theology at Boston University. His many books include Metaphysics of Goodness: Harmony and Form, Beauty and Art, Obligation and Personhood, Flourishing and Civilization, also published by SUNY Press.

• ForewordJonathan Z. Smith Preface: Comparing Religious Ideas Robert Cummings Neville Acknowledgments IntroductionRobert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 1. Truth in Chinese ReligionLivia Kohn and James Miller 2. From Truth to Religious Truth in Hindu Philosophical TheologyFrancis X. Clooney, S.J., with Hugh R. Nicholson 3. "With Great Noise and Mighty Whirlpools the Ganges Flowed Backwards": Buddhist Approaches to TruthMalcolm 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 TruthPaula Fredriksen 6. The Taxonomy of Truth in the Islamic Religious Doctrine and TraditionS. Nomanul Haq 7. Religious Truth in the Six Traditions: A SummaryRobert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 8. A Contemporary Understanding of Religious TruthRobert Cummings Neville and Wesley J. Wildman 9. On the Nature of Religion: Lessons We Have LearnedWesley J. Wildman and Robert Cummings Neville 10. Director's ConclusionsRobert Cummings Neville Appendix A: On the Process of the Project During the Third YearWesley J. Wildman Appendix B: Suggestions for Further Reading Contributors Index of Names Index of Subjects

"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