The Unexpected Way. By Paul Williams. Bloomsbury T&T Clark, July 6, 2002. 264 pages. ISBN-10: 0567088308 ISBN-13: 978-0567088307
關鍵詞
Religon; Nonfiction
摘要
Introduction Paul Williams is professor of Indian and Tibetan philosophy at the University of Bristol in England. He is the author of four earlier books on Buddhist thought and numerous scholarly papers. In The Unexpected Way (Edinburgh, T&T Clarke, 2002), his fifth book, Williams departs from the normal academic genre and writes a partly autobiographical, partly apologetic account of his conversion from Tibetan Buddhism to Roman Catholicism. The title anticipates the pretty standard response that traffic is typically in the opposite direction. The book is a mixture of philosophical discussion, personal musings, ‘analytical meditations’, and catechetical-style instruction that seeks to convince the reader that his choice was rational, warranted and personally enriching.
目次
Introduction 159 Buddhism and Roman Catholicism characterized 160 The metaphysics of shit 161 Reason and emotion 163 Conclusion 166
