Message from nramon

• As I heard about Buddhism during Professor Meeks’ lecture, one of the thoughts that became more prominent in my mind is the possible influences Buddhism had on Christianity. In learning more and more about Buddhism, I see a lot of parallels between Christianity and Buddhism and I am very curious to know if there has been any investigation that looks into what elements of Buddhism have shaped Christian culture. Buddhism came into being much more earlier than Christianity and this along with very active trade networks leads me to wonder if Christians heard about the elements of Buddhism and somehow shaped them to fit their theological framework and their population.

edited by nramon on 8/4/2016