Re: a few more points
Bethany M. Edstrom (Bethany.M.Edstrom@Dartmouth.EDU)
Mon, 19 Jan 1998 11:25:21 -0500 (EST)
--- You wrote:
This is not what most of us first think of as the equivalent of the
modest carpenter's house in Galilee. Poverty is not the sine qua
non of the religious experience but there seems to be a consensus
among the great teachers that it helps.
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The most notable exception to this quite accurate generalization about poverty
helping to facilitate religious awakening is, of course, the Buddha. And since
Buddhism and Christianity are the two belief systems at work in Franny and
Zooey one wonders if perhaps this juxtaposition is intended.
I'm going to reread Zooey today if I get a chance--this line of discussion is
interesting.