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Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.172
EAN: 9780807073018
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0807073016
Label: Beacon Press
Manufacturer: Beacon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 276
Publication Date: April 15, 2003
Publisher: Beacon Press
Studio: Beacon Press
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Editorial Review:
Diana Eck's work has become increasingly important in our ever-changing communities, as people of different faiths must negotiate how to live together peacefully. In Encountering God, Eck shows why dialogue with people
of other faiths is crucial in today's interdependent world—globally, nationally, and even locally. She reveals how her own encounters with other religions have shaped and enlarged her Christian faith toward a bold new Christian
pluralism. "In a splendid exposition of non-Christian approaches to God, Eck encourages an increased religious literacy that she suggests will contribute richness and diversity to our national identity."
—Publishers WeeklyDiana L. Eck is professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University, and author of A New Religious America. She was involved in the interfaith dialogue program of the World Council of Churches for fifteen years.
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - The Last Sentence
I have read this fine book twice--and continue to learn from it. I find the last sentence the most powerful in the book:
"But surely the Jordan is one of those streams of the River of Heaven--and the Gallatin as well."
Rating: - broad-based excellence
Having lived in India for more than twenty two years after growing up Catholic and attending Catholic schools until I was a sophomore in college, I was deeply interested in Diana Eck's book. She didn't disappoint. Her commitment and depth of understanding of her own religion is not diminished, but rather strengthened, widened and deepened by her willingness to understanding the spirituality of India. Rarely have I read a book about experiences in India that combine such intelligence with such deep ... Read More
Rating: - A heartening journey into the realities of an interfaith world
A hopeful and very personal account of Eck's interfaith journey interwoven with the larger global dynamics of an interfaith world that we are only beginning to fathom and put into perspective. The book deepened my understanding of how we must proceed to grow beyond these turbulent times. Eck explores her subject thoroughly and with great sensitivity. She leaves no misunderstanding about both the challenges and rewards of dialog, mutual respect, and understanding. I appreciated the quiet and reflective ... Read More
Rating: - Pluralism in a world of diversity
I had read and heard a lot about this book before actually buying and reading it. In eight closely reasoned, carefully explained chapters the author (a Harvard professor active in interreligious dialogue and open to any and all intelligent religious ideas) sets out the case for religious pluralism. She does this primarily by rational argument but also by personal and anecdotal narration, some recent history of interreligious dialogue, sound theological reflection, and sociological analysis.
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Rating: - A Cult Classic with the right message at the right time
This book is likely to become a cult classic. It is a series of meditations at the same time it is a journal from the author's erstwhile journey of faith. Never abandoning her roots in Montana Methodism, Diana Eck follows the many paths of faith she finds at her feet. She steps forward always without fear and with a profound curiosity which she shares with her reader and with which she calls her reader to reexamine where they have been, and where they are and where they are going with the life that has ... Read More
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