John P. Keenan

The Meaning of Christ

A Mahāyāna Theology

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The Wisdom of James

Parallels with Mahāyāna Buddhism

In this fascinating book John Keenan offers a classical commentary on the New Testament Letter of James, section by section, informed by a thorough st...

The Gospel of Mark

A Mahayana Reading

John Keenan's 'The Gospel of Mark' is a radically new reading of this most intriguing of the Synoptic gospels - a remarkable feat in the face of the e...

Grounding Our Faith in a Pluralist World

with a little help from Nagarjuna

This book draws upon the Mahayana philosophy developed within Buddhism, employing it as a means to empty our usual alternatives for viewing the world'...

The Emptied Christ of Philippians

Mahāyāna Meditations

Before 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, "...

How Master Mou Removes Our Doubts

A Reader-Response Study and Translation of the Mou-tzu Li-huo lun

This is the first English translation of the earliest Chinese Buddhist text, but it is more than a translation. Keenan shows that Mou-tzu's Treatise o...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 4

Commentary on Ephesians 2:13--3:21

In a Tiantai theology, conventional truth is conventionally arisen, which means that such truth is never set once and for all, but is to be cherished ...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians, Volume 1

The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth

This is the introductory volume of a multivolume, verse-by-verse, interfaith rereading of the New Testament letter to the Ephesians. It looks to the T...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 3

Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-12

As both a scholar of Buddhism and a Christian priest, John P. Keenan engages with the New Testament letter to the Ephesians, written by a member of th...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 2

Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-23

This is volume 2 of a wide-ranging interfaith reading of the Letter to the Ephesians—a New Testament text whose words have inspired and enhanced Chr...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 3

Commentary on Ephesians 2:1-12

As both a scholar of Buddhism and a Christian priest, John P. Keenan engages with the New Testament letter to the Ephesians, written by a member of th...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 4

Commentary on Ephesians 2:13--3:21

In a Tiantai theology, conventional truth is conventionally arisen, which means that such truth is never set once and for all, but is to be cherished ...

Techniques for Managing a Safe School

Covers techniques for combating truancy, collaborating with police, conflict resolution, and gang prevention and intervention measures. Useful for edu...

A Study of the Buddhabhūmyupadeś́a

The Doctrinal Development of the Notion of Wisdom in Yogācāra Thought

In this volume John Keenan provides access to an otherwise largely unstudied Mahāyāna text, the Buddhabhūmi-sūtra, along with two commentaries tha...

Dharmapalas's Yogācāra Critique of Bhavāviveka's Mādhyamika Explanation of Emptiness

The Tenth Chapter of Ta-ch'eng Kuang Pai-lun Shih Lun Commenting on Āryadeva's Catuḥśataka Chapter Sixteen

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˜Theœ Gospel of Mark

A Mahāyāna Reading

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Dharmapalas's Yogācāra Critique of Bhavāviveka's Mādhyamika

Explanation of Emptiness: the Tenth Chapter of Ta-ch'eng Kuang Pai-lun Shih Lun, Commenting on Āryadeva's Catuḥśataka Chapter Sixteen

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Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 2

Commentary on Ephesians 1:3-23

This is volume 2 of a wide-ranging interfaith reading of the Letter to the Ephesians--a New Testament text whose words have inspired and enhanced Chri...

Earthing the Cosmic Christ of Ephesians--The Universe, Trinity, and Zhiyi's Threefold Truth, Volume 4

Commentary on Ephesians 2:13--3:21

In a Tiantai theology, conventional truth is conventionally arisen, which means that such truth is never set once and for all, but is to be cherished ...

I Am

A Christian Commentary on the Heart Sutra

The place held by the Heart Sutra in Mahayana Buddhism parallels in some important ways that of the Gospel of John in Christianity. Each is foundation...