The Jew in the Lotus by Kamenetz

The Jew in the Lotus by Kamenetz

In The Jew in the Lotus, poet Roger Kamenetz uncovers the unlikely convergence of two of the world's ancient religions.

While accompanying eight Jewish delegates to Dharamsala, India, for a historic Buddhist-Jewish dialogue with the Dalai Lama, poet Rodger Kamenetz comes to understand the ways in which Jewish and Buddhist thought converge. Along the way, he speaks with leading rabbis and Jewish thinkers, including Zalman Schacter, Yitz and Blue Greenberg, a host of religious and disaffected Jews and Jewish Buddhists, and even Ram Dass and Richard Gere. This amazing journey through Tibetan Buddhism and Judaism leads Kamenetz to a renewed appreciation of his living Jewish roots.

Rodger Kamenetz is a poet and the author of the National Jewish Book Award winner Stalking Elijah. He is a professor of English and Religious studies at Louisiana State University. He currently lives in New Orleans with his wife.

A book for anyone who feels the narrowness of a wholly secular life or who wonders about the fate of esoteric spiritual traditions in a world that seems bent on destroying or vulgarizing them. It is a narrative about an extraordinary moment in history, of course, but it is also the chronicle of Rodger Kamenetz's discovery of . a more nourishing Judaism.

- New York Times Book Review

Roger Kamenetz is the author of the international hit The Jew in the Lotus and the National Jewish Book Award-winning novel Chasing Eljah. He is a trained dream therapist and a Distinguished Professor of English and Religion Studies at Louisiana State University. He and his wife, fiction writer Moira Crone, live in New Orleans.

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ISBN 13	9780060645748
ISBN 10	0060645741
Title	The Jew in the Lotus
Author	Kamenetz
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Year published	1995-04-28
Number of pages	320
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