"The Role of Eastern Religions in Modern Western Religious Traditions".
This paper investigates how religions that are so diverse as those of Zen Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity are believed to share elements to a degree where Christians now believe that their traditions are supported by the philosophies found these alternative practices. Through investigating the commonalities found within all three practices, this paper provides reasons as to why the Western traditions of Zen Buddhism and Hinduism have become popularized in the West, and within the Western religion of Christianity over the past fifty years.
