| Christians Talk about Buddhist Meditation, Buddhists Talk about Christian Prayer Contributor(s): Gross, Rita M. (Editor), Muck, Terry (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0826414389 ISBN-13: 9780826414380 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2003 Annotation: This book adopts the format of the editors' previous book, Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha. In that book, eight scholar-practitioners -- four of them Buddhist and four Christian -- explore their relationship to the great religious figure of the other tradition. Then the remaining contributors, two from each tradition, address themselves, rebuttal fashion, to the views expressed. In the new book the subject is the differences and similarities between Buddhist meditation and Christian prayer. What can a Christian, for example, learn from the mental and physical rigor of Buddhist meditative practice? What can a Buddhist learn from traditional Christian prayer? Can one mix distinct religious identity (Christian) with practice techniques associated with another religion (Buddhist) without compromising the religious specificity of either the identities or the techniques? |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 248.3 |
| LCCN: 2003002039 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9.4" (0.82 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Buddhist - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book adopts the format of the editors previous book, Buddhists Talk about Jesus, Christians Talk about the Buddha. In that book eight scholar-practitioners--four of them Buddhist and four Christian--explored their relationship to the great religious figure of the other tradition. Then the remaining contributors, two from each tradition, addressed themselves, rebuttal fashion, to the views expressed. In the new book the subject is the differences and similarities between Buddhist meditation and Christian prayer. What can a Christian, for example, learn from the mental and physical rigor of Buddhist meditative practice? What can a Buddhist learn from traditional Christian prayer? Can one mix distinct religious identity (Christian) with practice techniques associated with another religion (Buddhist) without compromising the religious specificity of either the identities or the techniques? Christian contributors include Frances S. Adeney, Mary Frohlich, Paul O. Ingram, Ursula King, Terry C. Muck, Yagi Seiichi, and Bardwell Smith. Buddhist contributors include Robert Aitken, Grace Burford, Rita Gross, John Makransky, Ken Tanaka, Robert Thurman, and Taitetsu Unno. |