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This book, by Edward Rice, is a classic about the faith traditions of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Rice really digs in deep about each faith. I have not finished but will post more when I have.

Has anyone else read this book?
No, but as far as Buddhism goes, I have really enjoyed the books by Thich Nhat Hanh. His comparisons with Trinitarian Christianity are also interesting.
Is Thich Nhat the author of "Living Buddha, Living Christ"? I have heard that is an excellent book.

The book "Jesus and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings" by Marcus Borg is a fascinating book that lays out clearly many of the similarities and parallels between the two great spiritual masters. It is an eerie thing (but perhaps not surprising) how often the two great spiritual masters had teachings that were virtually word-for-word with each other.
I posted this in the past but the roots are more closely intertwined than commonly imagined:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashoka
http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/budhist/asoka.htm
..."He sent missionaries to countries as remote as Greece and Egypt; ..."
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