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Can there be a ‘Christian Zen’?
My Soul Thirsts” begins, “Sometimes Zen meditation is practiced by Christian groups and church organizations.
 Some even speak of a so-called Christian Zen. In principle, this would not represent an obstacle
, William Johnston published a book titled “Christian Zen.” He was a Jesuit priest living in Tokyo
 who took up Zen meditation and sought to find commonality between Buddhism and Christianity
, that the Spanish bishops apply the term “Zen” to all meditative practices that originate in Buddhism.
 Therefore, what they say of “Christian Zen” especially applies to what is sometimes called “