Name: Total Liberation
Price: 15.52 GBP
Availability: InStock
Author: Ruben L. F. Habito
ISBN: 9781597528993

What is Zen Buddhism? What is its value for Christians? How does it relate to Christian beliefs? How does Zen relate to the world--and to changing it? Total Liberation explores these and other questions about Zen and Christianity. Habito has two basic aims. First, he demonstrates the relevance of Zen to a contemporary Christian spirituality, comparing Zen insights to the often overly-cerebral qualities of Western Christianity. Second, he shows how a blending of Zen and Christian spirituality complement and sustain a social active role in the world. While an important dimension of Zen involves contemplation and personal growth, Habito points out that this basic ideal ultimately expands to embrace all of creation and not just the individual self. Similarly, the Christian spiritual relationship with God finds its expression not only in the personal and contemplative, but in action. Total Liberation defines true spirituality as engagement with, rather than disassociation from, the social dimension. It shows that Zen, no less than Christian, spirituality must lead to active involvement and struggle against social violence and oppression. Habito is eminently equipped to write this book not only because of his knowledge of Buddhism and Christianity and his practical experience of sitting in Zen, but more particularly because of the deepening of his social concern, a fruit of the deepening of his Zen practice . . . His concern for his beloved Philippines is the constant companion to his grasp of the dynamic Oriental Express . . . . --Hug M. Enomiya-Lassalle, S.J. Ruben L. F. Habito, a native of the Philippines, holds a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy from Tokyo University. He teaches at Sophia University, Tokyo, and works with Japanese Bishops' Office of Justice and Peace.

Total Liberation and The Emptied Christ of Philippians

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