The Conditions for Dialogue

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. AChronology of Bede Griffiths’s Life xv
6. Introduction 1
7. God in Nature: 1906–1932
8. An Evening Walk 13
9. The Romantic Explorer of English Countryside 15
10. Reconciling Reason and Imagination 20
11. God through the Symbol of Nature 27
12. The Conditions for Dialogue 37
13. God in Christ and the Church: 1932–1968
14. Night of Conversion 43
15. The Benedictine in England and India 46
16. Faith as a Way of Knowing 56
17. God through the Symbols of Bible, Liturgy, and Prayer 71
18. Into Dialogue 101
19. Nonduality ( Advaita): 1968–1993
20. The View from His Window 111
21. The Guide of Shantivanam and Prophet of Dialogue 114
22. The Way of Intuitive Wisdom 128
23. God beyond the Symbols of the Religions 148
24. Through Dialogue 183
25. Conclusion 194
26. Notes 209
27. Bibliography 261
28. Index 271