John Queripel, a Uniting Church in Australia minister, has worked in a range of contexts. He has always had a concern for speaking and living faith in authentic dialogue with scholarship and the modern context. He has authored Bonhoeffer: Prophet and Martyr, On the Third Day: Re-looking at the Resurrection, and Christmas: Myth, Magic and Legend. He chaired the NSW Uniting Church Relationships with Other Faiths Committee, and the NSW Council for Christians and Jews.
"""How very heartening it is to find a highly intelligent Christian minister examining his own faith and religious tradition beside the world of Buddhism. With a deftly handled survey of their respective developments, John Queripel has plumbed the depths of each tradition to find every good reason why Christian and Buddhist thinkers can engage in worthwhile dialogue, and while Queripel wisely discerns the divergent outlooks and remains strong in his own Christian commitment, he brilliantly persuades that Christians and Buddhists need each other to address our fractured world."" --Garry W. Trompf, professor emeritus in the history of ideas, University of Sydney ""This book is extremely informative, thought-provoking, and enlightening. It is hard to put down, and the author should be commended for his insights and details of history. I highly recommend this book to you."" --Anne Pattel-Gray, professor of indigenous studies, University of Divinity"