Anglican Theological Review, January 1st, 2001
From East to West: A History of Monasticism. By Mayeul de Dreuille, OSB. New York: Crossroad, 2000. ix + 137 pp. $16.95 (paper). A few years ago, after the demise of Soviet Marxism, Cardinal Ratzinger opined that Buddhism is now the greatest threat to Christianity. Fortunately, such wrongheadedness is being challenged, and even refuted, within the cardinal's own Church, especially by monks, who are continuing and strengthening ecumenical relationships begun in the '60s with monastics of other faiths. From East to West is both a product of and salutary contributor to continuing ecumenical unde...
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