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In Search of the Christian Buddha

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Description for In Search of the Christian Buddha Hardcover. The fascinating account of how the story of the Buddha was transformed into the legend of a Christian saint. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HRAF; HRAX; HRC; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 434.

The story of Saint Josaphat, a prince who gave up his wealth and kingdom to follow Jesus, was one of the most popular Christian tales of the Middle Ages, translated into a dozen languages, and cited by Shakespeare in The Merchant of Venice. Yet Josaphat is only remembered today because of the similarities of his life to that of the Buddha.

In Search of the Christian Buddha is set against the backdrop of the trade along the Silk Road, the Christian settlement of Palestine, the spread of Islam, and the Crusades. It traces the path of the Buddha’s tale from ... Read more

Eminent scholars Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Peggy McCracken reveal how religions born thousands of miles apart shared ideas throughout the centuries. They uncover surprising convergences and divergences between these faiths on subjects including the meaning of death, the problem of desire, and their view of women. Demonstrating the incredible power of this tale, they ask not how stories circulate among religions but how religions circulate among stories.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393089158
SKU
V9780393089158
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15

About Jr. Donald S. Lopez
Donald S. Lopez, Jr. (Ph.D. University of Virginia) is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan. His works include Elaborations on Emptiness: Uses of the Heart Sutra, Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism under Colonialism, Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism ... Read more

Reviews for In Search of the Christian Buddha
"A literary detective story of the first order, in which Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Peggy McCracken recapture the color and excitement of every breakthrough along the way."
Jack Miles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of God: A Biography

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