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Identity Crisis (Paperback)
Sarah Yoon; Foreword by Terry Muck
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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?
What does Jesus mean to a Buddhist, or the Buddha to a Christian?
What is it about the Buddha that is appealing to a Christian, or
unappealing? In this volume 12 scholars, six of them Christian and
six of them Buddhists, speak simply and from the heart about their
personal relationship to the great religious leader from the other
tradition. The diversity of views within each tradition could be a
shock to the average Buddhist or Christian on the street. Buddhists
argue about Buddha's nature, Buddha veneration, and the role the
Buddha plays in human liberation. Christians argue about Jesus'
human and divine status, his uniqueness, and the role he plays in
human salvation. The contributors celebrate the family likeness
between Jesus and the Buddha, but they also acknowledge the
differences as well, for it is at the points of difference that
potentially there is the most opportunity for growth.>
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