Christ the Eternal Tao
by Hieromonk Damascene · first published 1999
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554 p. : 23 cm
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Christ the Eternal Tao by Heiromonk Damascene was an interesting read that brings a different perspective than Westernized Christianity.
on “How to Boost Self Esteem and Stop Procrastinating” ↗There's a very interesting book related to this called "Christ the Eternal Tao" by Hieromonk Damascene that looks at the Tao Te Ching from the perspective of Orthodox Christianity.
on “Tao Te Ching translated by Ursula Le Guin (1997)” ↗It’s a good point. Interpretations being theory-laden should make us nervous. So I like the honesty presented in Christ the Eternal Tao[1] in particular, paralleling the words of Christ, and making it the closest intuition on the nature of Christ before his incarnation. e.g. “the three produces all things” points to the Trinity, and “the…
on “Tao Te Ching – Translated by Ursula K. Le Guin” ↗…philosophy. In fact, the catholic church has also ruled on the validity of other similarly secular philosophies of other civilizations (see the Chinese rites controversy or Merton's books on Taoism -- Christ the eternal Tao). In general, other than the protestants, Christianity does not require you to immediately reject the works of secular philosophers. In fact, Islam and christianity are why we still study Plato today.…
on “Are there more surviving ancient writings in Greek or Latin?” ↗