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The raft is not the shore : conversations toward a Buddhist-Christian awareness / Thich Nhat Hanh and Daniel Berrigan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Orbis Books, 2001.Description: xiii, 153 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 157075344X (pbk.)
  • 9781570753442 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.2/43
LOC classification:
  • BL 50 N576r 2001
Contents:
• Foreword / bell hooks • Introduction / Robert Ellsburg • Memory, eucharist, death • Religion in the world • Exile • Priests and prisoners • Self-immolation • Government and religion • Economics and religion • Jesus and Buddha • Communities of resistance • Afterword / Daniel Berrigan.
Summary: "Meeting for long, midnight conversations in Paris, two poets and prophetic peacemakers - one an exiled Buddhist monk, the other a Jesuit priest - explore together the farthest reaches of truth. East and West flow together in this remarkable book, as their talks range widely over memory, death, and religion; prison and exile; war and peace; Jesus and Buddha; and communities of resistance and faith."--Jacket.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) BL 50 N576r 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000079390

Originally published: Boston : Beacon Press, 1975.

Original ed. has statement of responsibility: Daniel Berrigan, Thich Nhat Hanh.

• Foreword / bell hooks
• Introduction / Robert Ellsburg
• Memory, eucharist, death
• Religion in the world
• Exile
• Priests and prisoners
• Self-immolation
• Government and religion
• Economics and religion
• Jesus and Buddha
• Communities of resistance
• Afterword / Daniel Berrigan.

"Meeting for long, midnight conversations in Paris, two poets and prophetic peacemakers - one an exiled Buddhist monk, the other a Jesuit priest - explore together the farthest reaches of truth. East and West flow together in this remarkable book, as their talks range widely over memory, death, and religion; prison and exile; war and peace; Jesus and Buddha; and communities of resistance and faith."--Jacket.

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