Life-Threatening Illness, Hope, and Spiritual Meaning-Making: Buddhist and Christian Perspectives

Eubios Journal of Asian and International Bioethics 19 (1):27-30 (2009)
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The concept of hope as meaning-making is discussed in the context of a life-threatening illness. Significant aspects of Buddhist and Christian approaches to making sense of this traumatic experience are presented. Particular attention is given to the roles that compassion and emptiness play in this process. These two teachings are assigned a central place in both Buddhism and Christianity, but their function in the context of a life-threatening illness is understood differently

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