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Buy this book if you are longing to make sense of your Christian Heritage. If you are a literalist and take the Bible for it's every word, then you will not find this book helpful. I left church because I couldn't come to grips with all the mystical imagery and stories, yet I longed for a connection to the divine. After studying Buddhism for several years Thich Nhat Han told me to make peace with my Chrisitanity. I began reading and exploring my Christian faith and have found my way back to a deeper fuller understanding and appreciation for it. Mr. Knitter's journey and deep reflection on the mystery of being a Christian makes so much SENSE to me.
It is as though he was able to put into clear, concise words, what I was only able to experience.


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Without Buddha I Could not be a Christian Paul F Knitter 9781851686735 Books Reviews

The author, Knitter, comes from a Catholic background and had problems dealing with some of the basic concepts of Christianity. By studying Buddhism, he was able to approach his questions re Christianity from a Buddhist perspective and come to a new understanding of their meaning. He was troubled by such things as Christianity being the "only" way. What/Who is "God" anyway? What is the nature of the "personal" relationship? It is the "interconnectiveness" between people in space and time.
It is "heady" material so it can be slow going but worth the read if you have any of the same problems believing some of the tenets of the Christian faith. We have been using his book in our adult education class which is of the liberal, United Church of Christ tradition where "seeking" is as acceptable as "believing" and "God" is still speaking.
I'll start by saying I am very glad I bought this book as a book of the day special at deep discount. This book is the exact opposite of sound exegesis, letting the scripture, within context, speak to you. It is, rather, eisegesis, going into the text with a predetermined notion of finding little 'proof texts,' that support the view you want to impose. Throughout the book the man, despite his seminary education, practices this. He makes repeated references to his 'problems of belief' and how 'common that is when you're over 40,' and offers many secular 'proofs' of this, as if that matters one bit to the revealed truth.

You were correct to abandon the priesthood. That, as far as I can determine, is about the only major thing you were correct on. I shouldn't complain, you were honest about what you were doing at the start, trying to use Buddhism to make your faith 'alive,' again. You chose a poor method. Buddhism, as much as I respect it, is a poor vehicle to try to understand Christianity. God is not a force, God is not an InterBeing. You either take the God of the Bible, 'I AM THAT I AM,' on His terms, or you don't.

Bottom line, if you want a watered down comedy of errors, and a hybrid faith that neither Buddhists nor Christians will really have any respect for, follow this guy. He's educated, he knows all the terms, but at the end of the day, I'm sorry, this is a watered down version of both religions, all in an effort to make this one man, who is 'something,' once he past 40, the magic age the book keeps mentioning, that can't have a personal God.

Christ called God, His Father. Abba. It was not unclear, it was not ambiguous. The doctrine of the Trinity, while confusing to us, needs to be a mystery, rather than your humanistic secular approach to 'understanding' it. Just because you're over 40 doesn't mean you magically became wise - more likely that's the age at when you've consumed so much secular garbage that doubt sets in, if you're not careful to follow the Word as your sole authority. Sola Scriptura.

This was a waste of $3.
I have long found that Christianity and Buddhism can serve as compliments of each other There is an intersection that is hinted at with the Christian mystics, new forms of praxis like centering prayer, and comparative studies of faith systems like Sufism. Unfortunately, the idea of a Christian Buddhist or Buddhist Christian can seem like a cop out or New Age spirituality. This book attempts (and a I think succeeds) at showing the points of intersection, and using a zoom in/our approach to show the value and of both ideologies. There were many moments where I felt like the author took the words right out of my mouth, or provided a workable description of a concept a had trouble previously nailing down.
Paul Knitter, a professional theologian, has written an accessible book about how, in his own life, he has combined elements of Buddhism and Christianity, and in so doing has adopted a hybrid religious identity, as both a Buddhist and a Christian. He does not argue that both traditions are the same - on the contrary, he starts from an understanding of their differences. When he began to study Buddhism, the discovery that Buddhists do not believe in God was, he says, like a brick wall, preventing him from making an easy assimilation of Buddhist beliefs. Over the course of the book, what emerges is not a vision of sameness, but complementarity. Buddhism emphasises the need to find inner peace if one is to go out and make peace in the world, Christianity the necessity of confronting structures of injustice.
As an academic, I sometimes wished for more footnotes. I was surprized by the connection Knitter found between the Buddhist conception of sunyata and the Christian concept of love, and would have appreciated being pointed in the right direction for more information. But if the book is not quite informative enough for an academic's liking, it should be easy enough to read for anyone who is interested in studying these issues for the first time. There may not be many people who will follow Knitter's path to Christian Buddhism-Buddhist Christian identity, but many Christians and Buddhists will learn from this book even, and perhaps especially, when they disagree.
Buy this book if you are longing to make sense of your Christian Heritage. If you are a literalist and take the Bible for it's every word, then you will not find this book helpful. I left church because I couldn't come to grips with all the mystical imagery and stories, yet I longed for a connection to the divine. After studying Buddhism for several years Thich Nhat Han told me to make peace with my Chrisitanity. I began reading and exploring my Christian faith and have found my way back to a deeper fuller understanding and appreciation for it. Mr. Knitter's journey and deep reflection on the mystery of being a Christian makes so much SENSE to me.
It is as though he was able to put into clear, concise words, what I was only able to experience.