writings: published

2010

  • Review of Carlos Eire, A Very Brief History of Eternity, in First Things (January 2010), xxx-xxx.
  • “Commentaries (Genre). III. Christianity.” Entry in the Encyclopaedia of the Bible and its Reception (in press).
  • Review of Gary Anderson, Sin: A History. In Commonweal (29 January 2010), 25-26.
  • “Gaudium et Spes, Luctus et Angor: The Dramatic Character of the Human Condition.” In Nova et Vetera (in press).
  • Review of Douglas Hedley, Living Forms of the Imagination, in Faith & Philosophy (in press).
  • “The Cross as the Fulcrum of Politics: Expropriating Agamben on Paul.” In Paul’s Journey Among the Philosophers, edited by Douglas Harink (Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, in press)
  • “The Summa Theologiae in the Catholic Tradition.” In The Cambridge Companion to the Summa Theologiae, ed. Denys Turner & Philip McCosker, in press.
  • “The Religious Alien.” In Oxford Handbook to Religious Diversity, ed. Chad Meister (Oxford: Oxford University Press, in press)
  • Review of Stanley Hauerwas & Romand Coles, Radical Ordinary, in Pro Ecclesia (in press).
  • Review of Charles Mathewes, A Theology of Public Life, in Pro Ecclesia (in press)
  • Review of James E. Taylor, Introducing Apologetics, in Faith & Philosophy (in press)

2009

2008
2007
  • “Self-Annihilation: A Disputable Question in Christian Eschatology.” Pro Ecclesia 16/4 (2007), 416-444.
  • “Disowning Knowledge: An Augustinian Critique of the Idea of Intellectual Property.” In Foundation: The Annual Periodical of the St. Chad’s College Foundation IV/1 (2007), 29-46. Reprinted in: The Catholic Idler, vol. 1 (2007), pp. 14-22.
  • “Excluding Killers Marks Christian Failure.” Vital Theology 4/4 (November 2007), p. 9.
  • “Reading Augustine with Muslims.” The Christian Century (30 March 2007), 10-11.
  • “Hope Against Hope.” In Ben Birnbaum, ed., Take Heart: Catholic Writers on Hope in Our Time (New York: Crossroad, 2007), 15-19.
  • Review of Tom Perrotta, The Abstinence Teacher, in Commonweal (21 Dec. 2007), 20-22.
  • Review of Norman Mailer, The Castle and the Forest, in Commonweal (4 May 2007), 24-26.
  • Review of Vincent Brümmer, On Meaning & Christian Faith, and of Stephen T. Davis, Christian Philosophical Theology, in International Journal of Systematic Theology 9/2 (2007), 237-241.
  • Review of Jean-Luc Marion, The Erotic Phenomenon, in Commonweal (9 March 2007), 34-36.
  • Review of Terrence Tilley, History, Theology & Faith, in Modern Theology 23/1 (2007), 125-128.
  • Review of Wentzel van Huyssteen, Alone in the World? Human Uniqueness in Science and Theology, in Commonweal (26 January 2007), 28-30.
2006
2005
  • Reason and the Reasons of Faith. As coeditor with Reinhard Hütter. New York & London: T & T Clark, 2005.
  • “How Reasoning Goes Wrong: A Quasi-Augustinian Theory of Error.” In Paul J. Griffiths & Reinhard Hütter, ed., Reason and the Reasons of Faith (New York & London: T & T Clark, 2005), 145-159.
  • “Christians and the Church.” In Gilbert Meilaender & Bill Werpehowski, ed., Oxford Handbook of Theological Ethics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 398-412.
  • “A Well in Togo.” Commonweal (21 October 2005), 46.
  • “Make-Believe: On Being Religious and Teaching Religion.” In The Chicago Forum on Pedagogy and the Study of Religion, vol.2 of the occasional papers of the Martin Marty Center at the University of Chicago’s Divinity School (Chicago: The Divinity School, 2005), 38-48.
  • “Who Wants War?” First Things (April 2005), 10-12
  • Entries on “Reading” and “Religion” in Kevin J. Vanhoozer, ed., Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2005), 661-663, 672-674.
  • “Introduction,” with Reinhard Hütter, to Griffiths & Hütter, ed., Reason and the Reasons of Faith (New York & London: T & T Clark, 2005), 1-23.
  • “Non-Theistic Concepts of the Divine.” In William Wainright, ed., Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Religion, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 59-79.
  • Of David Hart, The Doors of the Sea, in The Wall Street Journal, (3 August 2005), D10.
  • Of Ian McEwan, Saturday, in First Things 155 (Aug/Sep 2005), 40-44.
  • Of David Kendall & Gerald O’Collins, eds., In Many and Diverse Ways: In Honor of Jacques Dupuis, in Theological Studies 66 (2005), 689-690.
  • Of Richard Rorty and Gianni Vattimo, The Future of Religion, in First Things, 154 (June/July 2005), 38-42.
  • Of Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Truth and Tolerance: Christian Belief and World Religions, in First Things (May 2005), 49-52.
  • Of V. S. Naipaul, Magic Seeds (with comments on the corpus as a whole), in Commonweal (11 February 2005), 21-23.
2004
  • Lying: An Augustinian Theology of Duplicity. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Brazos Press, 2004.
  • “Lights! Sound! Action! Gen Y and the Church of Choice.” Boston College Magazine, fall 2004, 50-54.
  • “Orwell for Christians.” First Things 148 (2004) 32-40.
  • “Why Catholics Shouldn’t Vote.” Commonweal (8 October 2004), 15-16.
  • “Christ & Critical Theory.” First Things 145 (2004), 46-55.
  • “Why I am a Catholic.” Cardinal Newman Quarterly 3/3 (2004), 6-8.
  • Of Laurence Paul Hemming & Susan Frank Parsons, ed., Restoring Faith in Reason, in The Thomist 68/3 (July 2004), 472-476.
  • Of Michael Novak, The Universal Hunger for Liberty, in Commonweal (22 October 2004), 32-34.
  • Of Michael Barnes, Theology and the Dialogue of Religions, in Modern Theology 20 (2004), 330-332.
  • Of Richard Swinburne, The Resurrection of God Incarnate, in Journal of Religion 84 (2004), 308-310.
2003
  • Problems of Religious Diversity. Oxford: Blackwell, 2001. Reprinted 2003.
  • Philosophy of Religion: A Reader. As coeditor with Charles Taliaferro. Oxford: Blackwell, 2003. Translated into Portuguese by Luís Couceiro Feio, Filosofia das Religiões (Lisbon: Istituto Piaget, 2007).
  • “Witness and Conviction in With the Grain of the Universe.” Modern Theology 19 (2003), 67-75.
  • “On Dominus Iesus: Why Complementarity may be Affirmed.” Concilium 39 (2003), 22-24. <also in German, French, and Italian>.
  • “Religious Allegiance and Political Sovereignty: An Irreconcilable Tension?” In The Sacred and the Sovereign, ed. John D. Carlson & Erik C. Owens (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2003), 247-255.
  • “May the Church Accept Dirty Money?” Cardinal Newman Quarterly, 3/2 (2003), 1-4.
  • “Jean Elshtain’s America.” (with Stanley Hauerwas) In First Things (October 2003), 41-44.
  • “Why Orthodox Catholics May Support Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages.” Commonweal (23 October 2003), 10-14.
  • “Comments on Fr. Giussani’s Letter on Mary.” In Traces 5/9 (2003), 15.
  • Of Thomas O’Meara, Erich Przywara, S.J.: His Theology and His World, in Nova et Vetera 1/2 (2003), 468-471.
  • Of Paul Williams, The Unexpected Way: On Converting from Catholicism to Buddhism, in Commonweal (17 January 2003), 23-25.
2002
  • “Nirvana as the Last Thing? The Iconic End of the Narrative Imagination.” Modern Theology 16/1 (2000), 19-38. Reprinted in: Theology and Eschatology at the Turn of the Millennium, ed. James J. Buckley & Gregory L. Jones (Oxford: Blackwell, 2002), 17-37.
  • “Reading as a Spiritual Discipline.” In The Scope of Our Art: The Vocation of the Theological Teacher, ed. Stephanie Paulsell & L. Gregory Jones (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2002), 32-47.
  • “Proselytizing for Tolerance.” First Things 127 (November 2002), 30-34.
  • “Just War.” First Things 122 (April 2002), 31-33.
  • Of David Sloan Wilson, Darwin’s Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, in First Things 125 (August/September 2002), 78.
  • Of Sara Grant, Toward an Alternative Theology: Confessions of a Non-Dualist Christian, in First Things 123 (May 2002), 54-55.
  • Of Pascal Boyer, Religion Explained: The Evolutionary Origins of Religious Thought, in First Things 119 (January 2002), 53-57.
  • Of Phillip Cary, Augustine’s Invention of the Inner Self in Faith & Philosophy, 19/1 (2002), 120-123.
2001
  • “The Limits of Narrative Theology.” In Keith Yandell, ed., Faith and Narrative (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 217-236.
  • “An Evangelical Theology of Religions?” In John G. Stackhouse, Jr., ed., No Other God Before Me? (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 2001), 171-177.
  • “On Garry Wills’ Papal Sin.” Logos 4/3 (Summer 2001), 13-35.
  • “The Future of the Papacy.” A contribution to a symposium on this topic. First Things 111 (March 2001), 35-36.
  • “Roger Haight and the Vatican.” Harvard Divinity Bulletin 30/1 (2001), 29.
  • “On Dominus Iesus.” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America (2001).
  • Of Rodney Stark, One True God, in Commonweal (9 November 2001), 26-27.
  • Of Huston Smith, Why Religion Matters & Jonathan Glover, Humanity, in Commonweal (1 June 2001), 23-25.
  • Of F. Samuel Brainard, Reality and Mystical Experience, in Modern Theology (2001), 403-404.
  • Of Peter C. Hodgson, God’s Wisdom, in Journal of Religion 81 (2001), 655-657.
  • Of Terrence Tilley, Inventing Catholic Tradition, in Commonweal (9 March 2001), 36-37.
  • Of Thomas Weinandy, Does God Suffer?, in Journal of Religion 81 (2001), 313-315.
  • Of Ben-Ami Scharfstein, A Comparative History of World Philosophy, in Iyyun 50 (2001), 85-88.
  • Of Bruce Marshall, Trinity and Truth, in Journal of Religion 81 (2001), 155-158.
  • Of Ernst Steinkellner, ed., Studies in the Buddhist Epistemological Tradition, in Journal of the American Oriental Society (2001)
2000
  • “Buddhism 1999.” In The 2000 World Book Year Book: A Of the Events of 1999 (Chicago: World Book 2000), 109-111.
  • “Seeking Egyptian Gold: A Fundamental Metaphor for the Christian Intellectual Life in a Religiously Diverse Age.” The Cresset 63/7 (2000), 5-16.
  • “On the Very Idea of Religion.” First Things 103 (May 2000), 30-35.
  • “On the Proper Use of Altars.” Criterion 39/2 (2000), 29-32. <A sermon preached at Bond Chapel, The Divinity School, University of Chicago>.
  • “What Can We Reasonably Hope For?” A contribution to a symposium on expectations for the new millennium. First Things 99 (January 2000), 24-25.
  • Of Roger Jackson and John Makransky, ed., Buddhist Theology, in Journal of Global Buddhism (2000)
  • Of Stanley Fish, The Trouble With Principle, in The Christian Century (2000)
  • Of Thomas E. Wood, Nagarjunian Disputations, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 120/4 (2000), 636-637.
  • Of David F. Burton, Emptiness Appraised, in Journal of Buddhist Ethics 7 (2000), 22-25.
  • Of William Abraham, Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology, in Modern Theology 16 (2000), 265-267.
  • Of Thomas Langan, The Catholic Tradition, in Journal of Religion 80 (2000), 134-135.
  • Of Mark C. Taylor, ed., Critical Terms for Religious Studies, in Teaching Theology and Religion 3/1 (2000), 54.
1999
  • Religious Reading: The Place of Reading in the Practice of Religion. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • “The Lotus Sutra as Good News: A Christian Reading.” Buddhist-Christian Studies 19 (1999), 3-17.
  • “How Epistemology Matters to Theology.” Journal of Religion 79 (1999), 1-18.
  • “The Gift and the Lie: Augustine on Lying.” Communio 26/1 (1999), 3-30.
  • “What do Buddhists Expect from Antitheistic Argument?” Faith and Philosophy 16 (1999), 506-522.
  • Entry on “Abhidharmasamuccaya,” in Encyclopaedia of Indian Philosophy, Vol VIII: Buddhist Philosophy from 100-350 A.D., ed.  Karl H. Potter (Delhi: Banarsidass, 1999), 434-452.
  • Entry on “Sunyata” for the second edition of the Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, ed. R. Audi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999), 889-890.
  • “Buddhism 1998.” In The 1999 World Book Year Book: A Of the Events of 1998 (Chicago: World Book 1999), 99.
  • Preface to David Lawrence’s, Rediscovering God With Transcendental Argument (with Laurie L. Patton) (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999), ix-xi.
  • Of Catherine Pickstock After Writing: On the Liturgical Consummation of Philosophy, in Journal of Religion 79 (1999), 148-149.
1998
  • “One Jesus, Many Christs?” Pro Ecclesia 7 (1998), 152-171.
  • “Buddha and God: A Contrastive Study in Ideas About Maximal Greatness.” Journal of Religion 69 (1989), 502-529. Reprinted in Roy W. Perrett, Indian Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion (New York & London: Garland Publishing, 2001), 132-159.
  • “Scholasticism: The Possible Recovery of an Intellectual Practice.” In Scholasticism: Cross-Cultural and Comparative Perspectives, ed. José I. Cabezón (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1998), 201-235.
  • “Transcendental Arguments and Dialectical Failure.” In Relativism and Beyond, ed. Yoav Ariel, Shlomo Biderman & Ornan Rotem (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 179-196.
  • “Some Confusions About Critical Intelligence: A Response to Russell T. McCutcheon.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 66 (1998), 893-895.
  • Of Jacques Dupuis, Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism, in The Thomist 62 (1998), 316-319.
  • Of Russell McCutcheon, Manufacturing Religion, in  First Things 81 (1998), 44-48.
  • Of Erich Frauwallner, Philosophische Texte des Hinduismus, in History of Religions 37 (1998), 285-286.
  • Of Graham Oppy, Ontological Arguments and Belief in God, in Journal of Religion 78 (1998), 291-293.
  • Of Raymond Gawronski, Word and Silence: Hans Urs von Balthasar and the Spiritual Encounter Between East and West, in Pro Ecclesia 7 (1998), 114-116.
1997
  • “The Properly Christian Response to Religious Plurality.” Anglican Theological Review 79 (1997), 3-26.
  • “Metaphysics and Personality Theory.” In Limning the Psyche: Explorations in Christian Psychology, ed. Robert C. Roberts & Mark R. Talbot (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 1997), 41-57.
  • “The Limits of Criticism.” In Pruning the Bodhi Tree: The Storm Over Critical Buddhism, ed. Jamie Hubbard & Paul L. Swanson (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997), 145-160. Translated into Chinese in: Xiu jian pu ti shu : “Pi pan fo jiao” de feng bao, edited by Jiemi Huobade & Baoluo Wansen. (Shanghai : Shanghai gu ji chu ban she 2004).
  • Entries on “Comparative Philosophy of Religion” & “Buddhist Philosophy.” In A Companion to the Philosophy of Religion, ed. Philip Quinn and Charles Taliaferro (Oxford: Blackwell, 1997), 15-24, 615-620.
  • Of John P. Keenan, The Gospel of Mark, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion 65 (1997), 899-902.
  • Of Nicholas Wolterstorff, John Locke and the Ethics of Belief, in Anglican Theological Review 79 (1997), 620-624.
  • Of Ninian Smart, Dimensions of the Sacred, in First Things 71 (1997), 39-41.
1996
  • Who’s Who of World Religions.  As coeditor, with others, under the general editorship of John Hinnells. London: Macmillan, 1991. New York: Schuster, 1992. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1996.
  • Preface to Francisca C. Bantly’s Embracing Illusion (with Laurie L. Patton) (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996), ix-xii.
  • Preface to Brannon Wheeler’s Applying the Canon in Islam (with Laurie L. Patton) (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996), xi-xii.
  • Preface to F. X. Clooney’s Seeing Through Texts (with Laurie L. Patton) (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1996), xvii-xxi.
  • Of Yoshihito G. Muroji, Vasubandhus Interpretation des Pratityasamutpada, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 116 (1996), 585-586.
  • Of Nicholas Wolterstorff, Divine Discourse, in Anglican Theological Review 78 (1996), 518-521.
  • Of Jonathan Spence, God’s Chinese Son, in First Things 64 (1996), 46-49.
  • Of Charles Taliaferro, Consciousness and the Mind of God, in Journal of Religion 76 (1996), 501-503.
  • Of Robert Kennedy, Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit. First Things 61 (1996), 56.
  • Of S. Mark Heim, Salvations: Truth and Difference in Religion, in First Things 59 (1996), 50-52.
  • Of Paul Helm, Belief Policies, in Journal of Religion 76 (1996), 134-136.
1995
  • On Being Buddha: The Classical Doctrine of Buddhahood. Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1994. Reprinted 1995. Indian edition: Delhi: Sri Satguru, 1995.
  • “Omniscience in the Mahayanasutralankara and its Commentaries.” Indo-Iranian Journal 33 (1990):85-120. Translated into Chinese (1995).
  • Preface to Ananda Wickremeratne’s The Roots of Nationalism: Sri Lanka (Colombo: Karunaratne, 1995), vii-viii.
  • Twelve short articles in The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, ed. Robert P. Audi (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995).
  • “Books of Note.” Criterion 34/3 (1995): 23.
  • Entry on ‘Buddhist Meditation’ in The HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion, ed. Jonathan Z. Smith (New York: Harper, 1995).
  • “A Hymn of Praise to Buddha’s Good Qualities (Buddhagunastotra).” Translation in Buddhism in Practice, ed. Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995), 39-45.
  • Of José Cabezón, transl., A Dose of Emptiness, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1995), 346-347.
  • Of David Kalupahana, Buddhist Thought and Ritual, in Dialogue and Alliance 9/2 (1995), 131-134.
  • Of Stefan Andersson, In Quest of Certainty, in Journal of Religion 75 (1995), 583-584.
  • Of Brian Brown, The Buddha Nature, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1995), 159-160.
  • Of Gareth Sparham & Shotaro Iida, transl., Ocean of Eloquence, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 115 (1995), 158-159.
  • Of Roger Arnaldez, Three Messengers for One God, in First Things 55 (1995), 62-63.
  • Of Daya Krishna et al., ed., Samvada: A Dialogue Between Two Philosophical Traditions, in Philosophy East & West 45 (1995), 121-122.
  • Of Donald S. Lopez, Jr., ed., Religions of India in Practice, in First Things 52 (1995), 71.
  • Of Hugo Meynell, Is Christianity True?, in First Things 52 (1995), 64-66.
1994
  • “What Else Remains in Sunyata?  An Investigation of Terms for Mental Imagery in the Madhyantavibhaga-Corpus.” (with Hugh B. Urban) Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 17 (1994), 1-25.
  • “Why We Need Interreligious Polemics.” First Things 44 (1994):31-37.
  • “Coda.” Faith & Philosophy 11 (1994):286-289.
  • Of Gerhard Oberhammer, Begegnung als Kategorie der Religionshermeneutik, in Philosophy East & West 44 (1994), .
  • Of Dudjom Rinpoche, The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, in History of Religions 34 (1994), 192-194.
  • Of Robert Aitken & David Steindl-Rast, The Ground We Share, in First Things 47 (1994), 60.
1993
1992
  • “Doctrines and the Virtue of Doctrine: The Problematic of Religious Plurality.” Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association (1992), 29-44.
  • “Memory in Classical Indian Yogacara.” In In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and Remembrance in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, ed. Janet Gyatso (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1992), 109-131.
  • Of Florin Giripescu Sutton, Existence and Enlightenment in the Lankavatarasutra, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 112 (1992):345-346.
  • Of Ken Jones, The Social Face of Buddhism, in Dialogue & Alliance, (1992):92-96.
  • Of Peter Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhism, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 2 (1992):95-96.
  • Of Thomas Wood, The Mandukya Upanisad and the Agama Sastra, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 2 (1992):91-93.
  • Of Frits Staal, Rules Without Meaning, in History of Religions 31 (1992):412-414.
  • Of Harold Netland, Dissonant Voices, in The Thomist 56 (1992):723-726.
  • Of Thomas Wood, Mind Only, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 15 (1992):320-324.
1991
  • An Apology for Apologetics: A Study in the Logic of Interreligious Dialogue. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 1991. Reprinted 2007 by Wipf & Stock.
  • Twenty short biographical articles in Who’s Who of World Religions (London: Macmillan, 1991).
  • “A Sermon on the Gulf War” Criterion (1991), 9-12.
  • Of Andy Fort, The Self and Its States, in South Asia in Review 15 (1991):108.
  • Of Chwen Jiuan A. Lee & Thomas G. Hand, A Taste of Water, in Theology Today 48 (1991):263.
  • Of John Cobb & Christopher Ives, ed., The Emptying God, in Theology Today 48 (1991):371-372.
  • Of Hirakawa Akira, A History of Indian Buddhism, in South Asia Newsletter [Chicago] 15/1 (1991):9.
  • Of Sallie King, Buddha Nature, in Journal of Asian Studies 50 (1991):643-644.
  • Of C. W. Huntington, Jr., The Emptiness of Emptiness, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 111 (1991):413-414.
1990
  • Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota. As coeditor with John P. Keenan. Reno, Nevada: Buddhist Books International, 1990.
  • Christianity Through Non-Christian Eyes. As sole editor. Maryknoll, New York: Orbis, 1990. Reprinted 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004.
  • “Pure Consciousness and Indian Buddhism.” In The Problem of Pure Consciousness, ed. Robert K. C. Forman (New York: Oxford University Press, 1990; repr. 1996), 71-97.
  • “Painting Space With Colors: Tathagatagarbha in the Mahayanasutralankara-Corpus IX.22-37.” In Buddha Nature: A Festschrift in Honor of Minoru Kiyota (Reno, Nevada: Buddhist Books International, 1990), 41-63.
  • “Denaturalizing Discourse: Abhidharmikas, Propositionalists, and the Comparative Philosophy of Religion.” In Myth and Philosophy, ed. Frank E. Reynolds and David Tracy (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1990), 57-91.
  • “The Uniqueness of Christian Doctrine Defended.” In The Myth of Christian Uniqueness Reconsidered, ed. by Gavin D’Costa (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Press, 1990), 157-173. Reprinted in Michael Peterson et al, eds., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings (2d ed., New York & Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001), 539-548.
  • “Encountering Buddha Theologically.” Theology Today 47 (1990), 39-51.
  • Of Étienne Lamotte, History of Indian Buddhism, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 110 (1990):733-734.
  • Of Glyn Richards, Towards A Theology of Religions, in Theological Studies 51 (1990):373-374.
  • Of Nagao Gadjin, The Foundational Standpoint of Madhyamika Philosophy, in Journal of Asian Studies 49 (1990):413-414.
  • Of Donald S. Lopez, ed., Buddhist Hermeneutics, in Philosophy East and West 40 (1990):258-262.
  • Of Arthur Peacocke & Grant Gillett, ed., Persons and Personality, in The Thomist 54 (1990):746-750.
1989
  • Buddha and God: A Contrastive Study in Ideas about Maximal Greatness, The Journal of Religion, 69:502, October 1989
  • The Realm of Awakening: A Translation and Study of Chapter Ten of Asanga’s Mahayanasangraha. As coauthor with Noriaki Hakamaya, John P. Keenan, and Paul L. Swanson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989.
  • “Why Buddhas Can’t Remember Their Previous Lives.” Philosophy East & West 39 (1989), 449-451.
  • Of Frits Staal, Universals, in History of Religions 29 (1989):174-177.
  • Of Konrad Meisig, Das Sramanyaphalasutra, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 109 (1989):147-149.
  • Of Lambert Schmithausen, Alayavijñana, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 12 (1989):170-177.
  • Of Gregory Darling, An Evaluation of the Vedantic Critique of Buddhism, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1989):69-70.
  • Of Rod Bucknell & Martin Stewart-Fox, The Twilight Language, in Indo-Iranian Journal 32 (1989):165-170.
1988
1987
  • On Being Mindless: Buddhist Meditation and the Mind-Body Problem. La Salle, Illinois: Open Court, 1986. Reprinted 1987, 1991 (with revisions). Indian edition: Delhi: Sri Satguru, 1999.
  • Japanese Buddhism: Its Tradition, New Religions, and Interaction with Christianity. As coeditor with Byron Earhart and James Heisig, under the general editorship of Minoru Kiyota. Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International, 1987.
  • “Catholic Theology and the Study of Religion in South Asia: Widening the Context for Theological Reflection.” (with Frank Clooney, James Laine, and Charles Hallisey) Theological Studies 48 (1987), 677-710.
  • “On the Possible Future of the Buddhist-Christian Interaction.” In Japanese Buddhism: Its Tradition, New Religions, and Interaction with Christianity (Los Angeles: Buddhist Books International, 1987), 145-161.
  • “Philosophizing Across Cultures: Or, How to Argue With A Buddhist.” Criterion 26/1 (1987), 10-14.
  • Of Peter Gregory, ed., Traditions of Meditation in Chinese Buddhism, in Journal of the American Oriental Society 108 (1987):346-349.
  • Of W. A. Christian, Doctrines of Religious Communities, in The Thomist 52 (1987):319-327.
  • Of John May, Meaning, Consensus, and Dialogue in Buddhist-Christian Communication, in Journal of Religion 67 (1987):426-427.
  • Of Abe Masao, Zen and Western Thought, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 10 (1987), 168-171.
1986
  • Of John S. Strong, The Legend of King Asoka, in Journal of the American Academy of Religion 54 (1986), 151-153.
1984
  • “Wainwright on Mysticism.” (with Delmas Lewis) Religious Studies 20 (1984), 293-304.
  • “Karma and Personal Identity: A Response to Professor White.” Religious Studies 20 (1984), 481-485.
  • Of Nathan Katz, ed., Buddhist and Western Psychology, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 7 (1984), 219-223.
  • Of Michael Carrithers, The Buddha, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 7 (1984), 216-218.
  • Of Takeuchi Yoshinori, The Heart of Buddhism, in Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 7 (1984), 162-164.
1983
  • “On Being Mindless: The Debate on the Re-Emergence of Consciousness from the Attainment of Cessation in the Abhidharmakosabhasyam and its Commentaries.” Philosophy East & West 33 (1983), 379-384.
  • “Buddhist Jhana: A Form-Critical Study.” Religion 13 (1983), 55-68.
  • “On Grading Religions, Seeking Truth, and Being Nice To People: A Reply to Professor Hick.” (with Delmas Lewis) Religious Studies 19 (1983), 75-80.
  • Of Steven Collins, Selfless Persons, in Philosophy East and West 33 (1983), 303-305.
1982
  • “Notes Towards a Critique of Buddhist Karmic Theory.” Religious Studies 18 (1982), 277-291. Reprinted in Roy W. Perrett, Indian Philosophy: Philosophy of Religion (New York & London: Garland Publishing, 2001), 253-267.
  • “Buddhist Hybrid English: Some Notes on Philology and Hermeneutics for Buddhologists.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 4 (1982), 17-32.
1981
  • “Concentration or Insight: The Problematic of Theravada Buddhist Meditation-Theory.” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 49 (1981), 605-624.