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Shopping with us is safe. Guaranteed. (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish List Buddhists Talk About Jesus Christians Talk About the Buddha by Rita M. Gross (Editor), Terry Muck (Editor) List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $11.96 You Save: $2.99 (20%) Availability: This title usually ships within 2-3 days. See larger photo I have one to sell! Paperback - 144 pages (July 2000) Continuum Pub Group; ISBN: 0826411967 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.49 x 8.99 x 6.02 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 92,763 Write the first review of this item. Earn a chance to win a $50 gift certificate. Customers who bought this book also bought: Numerical Discourses of the Buddha by Nyanaponika Thera, Bhikkhu Bodhi(Translator) The Gethsemani Encounter : A Dialogue on the Spiritual Life by Buddhist and Christian Monastics by Donald W. Mitchell(Editor), James Wiseman(Editor) The Psychology of Awakening : Buddhism, Science, and Our Day-To-Day Lives by Gay Watson(Editor), et al Honest to Jesus : Jesus for a New Millennium by Robert Walter Funk Explore similar items Editorial Reviews From Booklist March 1, 2000 Originally a dedicated issue of a small, professorial journal, this set of essays has little of the musty academic's study about it. The scholarly contributors, six Buddhists and six Christians, speak personally to clearly convey the exceptions they take with either Jesus or the Buddha. The Buddhists' discomfort with Jesus arises from exclusive claims about him--that he is the unique Messiah, the unique personification of divinity, the unique facilitator of salvation. The deepest difference the Christian contributors have with the Buddha is over his stress on salvation by solitary effort, which they contrast with Jesus' invitation to salvation and promise of aid in achieving it. (John Dominic Crossan provocatively points out the class distinction between the well-born Buddha and the peasant-born Jesus. He also calls Christian exclusivity "implicitly genocidal.") Each side has plenty of intelligent appreciation for the other, though, making the whole book a model of nonpussyfooting civility. Of course, no Pat Robertsons or Jerry Falwells participated. Ray Olson Be the first person to review this book! Customers who bought titles by Rita M. Gross also bought titles by these authors: Bhiksuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo Marianne Dresser Susan Murcott Anne Carolyn Klein Lenore Friedman Auctions and zShops sellers and our other stores recommend: Lucado,Max:THE FINAL WEEK OF JESUS (Price: $12.00) Look for similar books by subject: Browse for books in: Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > General Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Jesus > General Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Religious Studies > Comparative Religion Books > Subjects > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Buddha Search for books by subject: Jesus Christ Buddhist interpretations Christianity and other religio Buddhism Relations Religion Comparative Religion Christianity - General Buddhism - General i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ... I have read this book, and I want to review it. Correct errors and omissions in this listing.