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Christianity in the Crucible of East-West Dialogue: A Critical Look at Catholic Participation; and, God, Zen, and the Intuition of Being (review)

Christianity in the Crucible of East-West Dialogue: A Critical Look at Catholic Participation;... BOOK REV IEWS CHRISTIANITY IN THE CRUCIBLE OF EAST-WEST DIALOGUE: A CRITICAL LOOK AT CATHOLIC PARTICIPATION; AND GOD, ZEN, AND THE INTUITION OF BEING. By James Arraj. Chiloquin, Ore: Inner Growth Books, 2001. 335 pp. This book combines an original book-length essay, Critical Look at the Catholic Participation in the East-West Dialogue, and a new edition of the 1988 work God, Zen, and the Intuition of Being. In the first part of the volume, Arraj discusses the approaches of a large variety of individuals and institutions who have been involved in the Christian dialogue with Buddhism (Habito, Enomiya-Lasalle, Jaeger, MacInnes, Hawk, Kennedy, Corless, etc.) and in the dialogue with Hinduism (Abhishiktananda, Grant, de Mello, Griffiths, Teasdale, etc.). The main perspective from which he discusses each of these authors is that of their conception of the relationship between Christian contemplation and enlightenment or realization. Arraj finds most of the existing approaches to the East-West dialogue wanting insofar as they all consider the Christian experience of contemplation from the perspective of the Hindu or Buddhist view of nonduality. As he puts it: "But what does this kind of nondualist imperialism do to Christianity? It eliminates its distinctive nature. Let me http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Buddhist-Christian Studies University of Hawai'I Press

Christianity in the Crucible of East-West Dialogue: A Critical Look at Catholic Participation; and, God, Zen, and the Intuition of Being (review)

Buddhist-Christian Studies , Volume 23 (1) – Oct 29, 2003

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BOOK REV IEWS CHRISTIANITY IN THE CRUCIBLE OF EAST-WEST DIALOGUE: A CRITICAL LOOK AT CATHOLIC PARTICIPATION; AND GOD, ZEN, AND THE INTUITION OF BEING. By James Arraj. Chiloquin, Ore: Inner Growth Books, 2001. 335 pp. This book combines an original book-length essay, Critical Look at the Catholic Participation in the East-West Dialogue, and a new edition of the 1988 work God, Zen, and the Intuition of Being. In the first part of the volume, Arraj discusses the approaches of a large variety of individuals and institutions who have been involved in the Christian dialogue with Buddhism (Habito, Enomiya-Lasalle, Jaeger, MacInnes, Hawk, Kennedy, Corless, etc.) and in the dialogue with Hinduism (Abhishiktananda, Grant, de Mello, Griffiths, Teasdale, etc.). The main perspective from which he discusses each of these authors is that of their conception of the relationship between Christian contemplation and enlightenment or realization. Arraj finds most of the existing approaches to the East-West dialogue wanting insofar as they all consider the Christian experience of contemplation from the perspective of the Hindu or Buddhist view of nonduality. As he puts it: "But what does this kind of nondualist imperialism do to Christianity? It eliminates its distinctive nature. Let me

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