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Elijah the Bodhisattva: An Interspiritual Exploration

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Availability:In StockContributor:Malcolm David BrownPublish date:2024-02-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:O-BooksISBN-13:9781803412771ISBN-10:1803412771UPC:9781803412771Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, Buddhism, ChristianityBook Topic:General (see also Philosophy, QuakerSize:8.58 x 5.56 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC7ZZ3ERGC

This is an interspiritual commentary -- largely though not exclusively Buddhist-inspired -- on the life of Elijah as recounted in the Bible. It treats the externals of his life as metaphors for internal mind-states, his story as a labyrinth-like journey toward enlightenment, an unfolding realization of the non-duality of himself and God. Elijah begins with a henotheistic conception of God as a national deity connected to the land of Israel and progresses to a realization of God as the ground of being, being-itself, the God of those who struggle with God, which is the deeper meaning of the name Israel. While the inner dimension is emphasized, there is also a focus on the political dimension of the story, which liberation theologians call God's preferential option for the poor, and here it is called the politics of anatta -- the core Buddhist principle of not-self.

Language:EnglishPublisher:O-BooksISBN-13:9781803412771ISBN-10:1803412771UPC:9781803412771Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Biblical Criticism & Interpretation, Buddhism, ChristianityBook Topic:General (see also Philosophy, QuakerSize:8.58 x 5.56 x 0.17 inchesWeight:0.5313Product ID:SC7ZZ3ERGC

Malcolm David Brown is an ex-sociologist and interspiritual writer. He has a PhD in the sociology of Islam and lived experience of different strands of Christianity and Buddhism. He lives near Pisa, Italy.


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