Mind in the Balance: Meditation in Science, Buddhism, & Christianity

by B. Alan Wallace

Book Overview

By establishing a dialogue in which the meditative practices of Buddhism and Christianity speak to the theories of modern philosophy and science, B. Alan Wallace reveals the theoretical similarities underlying these disparate disciplines and their unified approach to making sense of the objective world. Wallace begins by exploring the relationship between Christian and Buddhist meditative practices. He outlines a sequence of meditations the reader...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231147309
• ISBN13: 9780231147309
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher