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75 Books for Buddhist-Christian Dialogue

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Are you interested in exploring the richness of dialogue and interspiritual practice between Christianity and Buddhism? If so, then here’s enough literature to keep you going for a while. Each of the seventy-five books on the following list has some sort of connection with both Christianity and Buddhism. Some of these titles are academic studies, [...]

Read full story · Comments { 9 } · December 21, 2012

The Ethics of Sharing Mystical Knowledge: Meister Eckhart and the Cloud Author

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Pick up any edition of The Cloud of Unknowing, and you are likely to find the following language a bit intimidating: Whoever you are possessing this book, know that I charge you with a serious responsibility, to which I attach the sternest sanctions that the bonds of love can bear. It does not matter whether [...]

Read full story · Comments { 7 } · December 7, 2012

Dreaming the Tiger

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My family and I went to see Life of Pi last night. I have not (yet) read the book, but Gareth Higgins (who knows a lot more about movies than I do) says it’s one of the best novel adaptations he’s ever seen. I can only judge the movie on its own merits, and I’d [...]

Read full story · Comments { 2 } · November 24, 2012

Here’s Your Contemplative/Interfaith Holiday Gift-Giving Guide for 2013

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Last year I posted a list of suggested books for holiday gift-giving, and I’ve received a request from a reader to do it again. So here is a baker’s dozen of books for you to consider giving to your loved ones (including yourself). As you will see, these books cover both Christian contemplative and interfaith [...]

Read full story · Comments { 4 } · November 20, 2012

Purity

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Purity does not lie in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe. — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin I stumbled across this quote from Teilhard while reading an essay by Annie Dillard called “Flying in the Middle of Art.” She doesn’t provide the original source, and I googled it and couldn’t find it that [...]

Read full story · Comments { 15 } · November 2, 2012

A Prophetic Word from Kenneth Leech

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Again and again, the Anglican theologian Kenneth Leech strikes me as one of the most important voices in contemporary Christian spirituality. Here is a passage from an introduction he wrote to a book, now long out of print, called Three Spiritual Directors for Our Time (by Julia Gatta, published by Cowley Publications, 1986): The demand [...]

Read full story · Comments { 4 } · October 23, 2012

In Celebration of the Two New Doctors of the Church

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Today, October 7, is the day  Hildegard of Bingen is declared a Doctor of the Catholic Church. She is only the fourth woman to receive this honor (all four are mystics; the other three are Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena and Thérèse of Lisieux). Joining Hildegard in being declared a Doctor today is John [...]

Read full story · Comments { 0 } · October 7, 2012
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