History of Christianity

There's a symbol that appears occasionally on memorials and stone carvings across southern India and coastal China. It dates back to the early middle ages. And it shows a cross -- the symbol of the Christian faith -- growing out of a lotus flower, the symbol of Buddhist enlightenment.

For Philip Jenkins, it's the perfect representation of another version of the Christian tradition ... one that is now long forgotten but one he thinks could still teach us some valuable lessons about religious tolerance... for more see www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2008/200812/20081219.html

listen to Part 3 of today's, The Current and comeback and discuss what is your opinions? have you ever thought that Eastern spirituality could actually have a basis in Western mysticism?

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