Buddhists may not believe in the God of the three faiths of Abraham, but that doesn’t mean a Christian — or a person of any other faith – couldn’t also practice Buddhism, says theologian Paul Knitter.
Knitter, a Catholic and a professor at the Union Theological Seminary in New York, said that he found a deeper understanding of his own belief in God through Buddhism.
“Buddhism has a been a resource, another source of revelation – without which I could not have dealt satisfactorily with many key personal and theological issues that I face in trying to be an authentic human being and Christian in the world today – issues about the nature of God, the notion of self, the meaning of redemption, life after death, the role of reconciliation and non-violence,” Knitter said.
