Catholic Voice » Can there be a ‘Christian Zen’? Comments Feed alternate alternate alternate 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 “