Houston, G. W. , ed. The Cross and the Lotus: Christianity and Buddhism in Dialogue. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1985.

Abstract

Christian-Buddhist dialogue is certainly not a new concept. It has gone on ever since Christian and Buddhist cultures have been flung together historically, as has been demonstrated, for example, by one article in this volume by Hans-J. Klimkeit. However, within the last twenty years, Christian-Buddhist dialogue has emerged as a discipline that deserves recognition. This book serves as a symposium for serious authors and believers to wrestle with what appear to be conflicting worl views. The authors who contributed essays for this book are all recognized experts in their field: Hans J-Klimkeit, Universität Bonn; George R. Elder, Hunter College; Donald W. Mitchell, Purdue University; Roger J. Corless, Duke University; Lama Anagarika Govinda; Luis O. Gómez, University of Michigan; David H. Fisher, George Williams College; and Travis L. Rogers, Jr., Patrick Black, and Richard Langdon. These last three are presently graduate students and former students of Dr. Houston. As Dr. Houston points out in the introduction, one can no longer ignore the fact that other major religions not only exist but that they take salvation seriously. These are the days of deep theological and philosophical reflection upon alternate world views, or to say it another way, people looking out upon the universe from their own separate windows have looked around and seen faces staring out other windows.