precis: Catholics and Buddhists cultivate silence through contemplation and mindfulness, which are, respectively, central practices that encourage engagement in spiritual realization and moral development. The practice of silence in Buddhist mindfulness and Christian contemplation links one’s personal prayer life to a morally grounded social accountability. This essay seeks to determine the...
Abstract (Lang: English):This essay aims to analyze comparatively similarities and differences found in Christian and Zen Buddhist forms of “mysticism.” Drawing on the works of Evelyn Underhill and D. T. Suzuki, it explores how the Christian prayers of Recollection, Quiet, and Contemplation can be paralleled by various aspects of Zen meditation, such as koan and zazen. The main comparative...
Reviewed by: Reforming the Monastery: Protestant Theologies of the Religious Life by Greg Peters, and: Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural Anthology ed. by Phyllis Zagano minlib dallh Greg Peters, Reforming the Monastery: Protestant Theologies of the Religious Life. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014. Pp. 178. $22.00, paper. Mysticism and the Spiritual Quest: A Crosscultural...