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Buddhism and Christianity, two religions with distinct worldviews, are sometimes thought to be irreconcilable. Notto R. Thelle holds a different view. His life and work have been divided between the East and the West, which has given him the privilege of having to live on the boundary," in a continual inner dialogue between his basic Christian commitment and the challenges and inspirations from the East. In Who Can Stop the Wind? he shares the thoughts and experiences generated by these encounters. With him, we come to realize that the border zone is not just "out there"; it also exists in our minds. By asking questions that engage both the Eastern and Western religious traditions, Thelle urges us to seek a larger faith.
Notto R. Thelle is a senior professor of theology at the University of Oslo, Norway. He formerly spent sixteen years in Japan, where he was involved in research, dialogue, and pastoral work. Thelle has published several Norwegian textbooks on and translations of Buddhist and Eastern traditions. But his deepest commitment is the existential search for meaning, which has primarily been expressed in preaching and teaching, various types of dialogues, and particularly in writing.
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Contents
Contents
Faith in the Border Zone vii
Setting Out on the Journey 2
Who Can Stop the Wind? 4
Faith's Companion 6
Faith as Fate and as Choice 7
The Death and Resurrection of Our Words 10
Adversaries—and Allies 18
En Route 20
Where Do You Stay? 23
The Human Person in the Cosmos 24
Buddha's Path—Between Otherworldliness and Presence 31
Zen Meditation and the Sacrament of Simple Things 36
". . .An Open Space in Each Person's Life" 44
The Priest's "Gift to His Bride" 47
The Wide Perspective 49
"The Flower Opens in the Sheer Drop" 52
"Melt, My Heart! Weep, My Eye!" 56
Hallesby and Zen 61
Diamond and Lotus 63
". . . Until the Morning Star Rises in Your Hearts" 65
It Is Dark at the Foot of the Candlestick 67
Reactions to a Message 70
What a Friend We Have in Jesus . . . 72
Mission and Roots 80
Disciples and Hangers-on 83
The Spark 84
Fidelity 86
"I Want to Be a Japanese" 88
A Larger Pattern 90
The Outward Path and the Homeward Path— Toward a Greater Faith 92
A Modern Pilgrim 94
When the Borders Become Too Narrow 96
Theological Addresses 98
Toward a Larger Faith 100
