Unexpected Way

On Converting from Buddhism to Catholicism

By: Paul Williams

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Paperback | 6 May 2002 | Edition Number 1

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The story of one man's unexpected pilgrimage from Buddhism to Catholicism.There are Christians who, in mid-life decide to abandon their Christian faith and become Buddhists. Paul Williams did the opposite. After twenty years spent practising and teaching Tibetan Buddhism in Britain, scholar and broadcaster Paul Williams astonished his family and friends in 1999 by converting to Roman Catholicism. Williams explains why he joined a Church that many Buddhists and others might regard as a repressed and outdated way of life and belief. He argues that being a Catholic in the modern world is no less rational than being a Buddhist, and may in many respects, be more so.

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"[a] fascinating intellectual autobiography....What makes Williams' apologia for Christianity compelling is his awareness of the breadth and depth of the Buddhist tradition....While written is a conversational and accessible style, Williams has clearly thought through his Christian conversion."
Amos Yong, Religious Studies Review, April 2003

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Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction	p. 1
Suhrllekha - A Letter to Friends	p. 23
God, Buddhism and Morality	p. 25
On the Resurrection	p. 121
Catholicism	p. 137
Conclusion	p. 189
On Rebirth	p. 198
How to Become a Catholic	p. 204
Selective Bibliography	p. 211
Notes	p. 223
Index	p. 239
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