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Christianity & Buddhism in Conversation

Christianity & Buddhism in Conversation collection

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Book · L2 · Reviewed

Going Home

Thích Nhất Hạnh

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You want a gentle Buddhist voice engaging Jesus and Christian practice.

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Buddhist — Christian dialogueApproachable

Cover of Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Book · L2 · Reviewed

Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thich Nhat Hanh

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Christian symbols still matter to you and you want a warm Buddhist-Christian dialogue centered on practice, presence, compassion, and community.

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BuddhistApproachable219 pages

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Mind in the Balance

B. Alan Wallace

Wallace compares Christian and Buddhist contemplative practices and places both in dialogue with philosophy of mind and scientific accounts of consciousness.

Buddhist — contemplative science comparisonDemanding

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The Raft Is Not the Shore

Thích Nhất Hạnh; Daniel Berrigan

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You want to hear two practitioners in conversation rather than a single interpreter of both.

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Buddhist and Christian — dialogueModerate

Cover of Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian.

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Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian

Paul F. Knitter

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You welcome substantial theological revision and want to see how long engagement with Buddhism can reshape a Christian account from within.

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Cross-traditional — multiple religious belongingDemanding272 pages

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Zen and the Bible

Kakichi Kadowaki

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You want a Christian writer whose formation in Zen shapes how he reads Scripture.

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Christian — Jesuit Zen engagementDemanding

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Zen and the Birds of Appetite

Thomas Merton

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You want a historically important and more demanding Christian engagement with Zen.

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Christian — Catholic Zen dialogueDemanding