Eck, a leader in interfaith dialogue movements and professor of comparative religion at harvard, here scans the current religious landscape, reshaped by recent immigrants to the u. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras in this tenthanniversary edition of encountering. Her work on india focuses on popular religion, especially temples and places of pilgrimage, called tirthas. Apr 15, 2003 in a splendid exposition of nonchristian approaches to god, eck encourages an increased religious literacy that she suggests will contribute richness and diversity to our national identity. At harvard university diana has served several years as chair of the committee on the study of religion since 1977 and as chair of the department of sanskrit and indian studies as it made the transition to the department of south asian studies in 2010.
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I ordered and read this book as a member of a struggling interfaith dialogue group. Diana ecks story of being a twentyyearold white christian college girl living in the crowded city of banaras, india on the banks of the sacred ganges river drew me in immediately. Further, each is not seen as penultimate, limited to the one quarter of reality that we know. I discovered encountering god in the library at new melleray abbey near peosta, iowa while on a meditation retreat. Eck has much to say that everyone should listen to when it comes to whether your god is my god, and vice versa.
Diana eck s academic work has a dual focusindia and america. Do we read a book that lifts us to new levels of understanding a book that evokes the complexity of the hinduchristian encounter so fully and sensitively that we are surprised and inspired by a fresh recognition of our own lives in its words. Banaras, 1982 gives an account thats far more academic than personal. It won the grawemeyer book award in 1995, and a 10thanniversary edition was published in 2003. Click download or read online button to get encountering god book now.
A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras citation. Diana ecks work has become increasingly important in our everchanging communities, as people of different faiths must negotiate how to live together peacefully. In these excerpts from her new book, diana eck describes her own theological journey from bozeman, montana, to banaras, india, from the gallatin river to the ganges and the common journey of american culture to meet the challenge religious diversity poses to people of faith in every religious tradition. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras diana l. Eck there are, however, christians and people of other faiths who seem to have no trouble speaking of gods ultimacy with one breath and staking out a private territory of gods activity and grace with the next. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras new edition by eck, diana l. Karen armstrong, author of a history of god eck has put the structure and content of her beliefs on the line while opening herself to encounter deep places of living, vibrant faith in other religious traditions. Religion scholar diana eck is director of the pluralism project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the united states, particularly. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras, by diana l. As a student of religion at smith in the mid60s, eck jumped on the bandwagon and headed eastin every possible sense. Eck is a harvard professor of comparative religions and indian studies who has been active in the interfaith dialogue program of the world council of churches and now heads the pluralism project to study and document the growing religious. Apr 10, 2020 religion scholar diana eck is director of the pluralism project, which seeks to map the in this tenthanniversary edition of encountering god, eck shows why. Encountering god is not only an inquiry into the nature of interreligious contact by a scholar and teacher of the first rank but a deeply personal testimony to a vision of religious harmony and understand ing.
Eck born 1945 in bozeman, montana is a scholar of religious studies who is professor of comparative religion and indian studies at harvard university, as well as a master of lowell house and the director of the pluralism project at harvard. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras eck, diana. With an engaging mix of anecdote and sharp analysis, eck offers the. In encountering god, eck shows why dialogue with people of other faiths is crucial in todays interdependent worldglobally, nationally, and even locally. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras, and more on. Publishers weekly there cannot be a wiser or more authoritative guide to this challenging world of diverse spirituality than diana eck. Diana l eck in the summer of 1965, as young americans everywhere struggled to come to terms with the war in vietnam and the crises of the civil rights movement, diana eck was a college student learning hindi in. Religion scholar diana eck is director of the pluralism project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the united states, particularly the increasing presence of hindu, buddhist, and muslim communities. With an engaging mix of anecdote and sharp analysis, eck offers the best overview we have of american religious pluralism. Diana eck professor of comparative religion and indian studies and frederic wertham professor of law and psychiatry in society. In encountering god, eck reflects on the questions posed by her own ongoing encounter with hindus, buddhists, and muslims.
Religion scholar diana eck is director of the pluralism project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the u. About encountering god religion scholar diana eck is director of the pluralism project, which seeks to map the new religious diversity of the united states, particularly the increasing presence of hindu, buddhist, and muslim communities. Her book banaras, city of light, remains a classic in the field, and encountering more about diana l eck. Perhaps diana eck s new book had such a profound impact upon me because of the close parallel of my experience with hers. In this tenthanniversary edition of encountering god, eck shows why dialogue with people of. What a kaleidoscope religion in the united states has become, and diana eck s a new religious america provides us with the vision to see it in all its bright, shifting, colorful, and fragmented brilliance. Diana eck s story of being a twentyyearold white christian college girl living in the crowded city of banaras, india on the banks of the sacred ganges river drew me in immediately. It addresses issues of christian faith in a world of many faiths and, more broadly, the issues of religious diversity. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy encountering god book online at best prices in india on.
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It won the grawemeyer book award in 1995 and was published in a new 10thanniversary edition in 2003. In this tenthanniversary edition of encountering god, eck shows why dialogue with people of other faiths remains crucial in todays interdependent worldglobally, nationally, and even locally. Leaven volume 3 issue 2gospel of john article 14 111995 encountering god. She reveals how her own encounters with other religions have shaped and enlarged her christian faith toward a bold new christian pluralism. Read encountering god a spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras by diana l.
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A spiritual journey from bozeman to banares, diana j. Eck insists as a christian that her relations with people of other faiths have helped her to think about these questions and deepened her own faith. Encountering god a spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras book. The strength of diana eck s work is that she elicits these issues without the dulling weight of intellectual abstraction. A spiritual journey from bozeman to banaras beacon press, 1993, studies the question of religious difference in the. Ecks book is pointing the way for some new initiatives we plan to take. Eck, beacon press, 1993, 259 pp this is another book for my macedonian ministries group that will be journeying to the holy land this winter. In encountering god in genesis, author brenda frost examines this special book in which we learn many things about god as he interacts with and reveals himself to his creation. Seeing the divine image in india, and encountering god. Catholic schools until i was a sophomore in college, i was deeply interested in diana ecks book. The book of genesis is particularly important as it introduces god, the creator of everything. Eventually she found herself in banaras, one of the great shrines of india. Above all, encountering god instructs us in the urgent need for dialogue among the worlds faiths as we enter the twentyfirst century.