Wounded Wisdom: A Buddhist and Christian Response to Evil, Hurt and Harm

How as the hurt people we all are, are we not to be harmed and harm others in turn? This is an urgent issue for a world increasingly embroiled in more and more conflicts that are regarded, bythose who wage them, as battles of good against evil.

In a passionate yet carefully argued book, Ross Thompson explores how negative reactions of blame, shame and denial turn everyday hurt into damaging harm to ourselves and others, generating destructive mythologies of 'evil.' We. need a 'wily innocence,' a tragicomic sense of life, a readiness for remorse ahd forgiveness, a 'global mindfulness,' and a healing approach to justice. Together these might create a world less anxious, cold, critical and wary; more gracious, graceful, generous and warm.

The author served for 20 years as an Anglican priest and lecturer in theology. He has published several books on religion and spirituality, including Buddhist Christianity.