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Paradoxical intention and zen : new light on an old technique?

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Journal for the Study of Religion, 1989-09)

This article argues that “paradoxical intention”, a therapeutic technique used in the logotherapy of Victor Frankl, can be used as a valuable conceptual model in the further understanding of paradoxical teachings and ...
Gnosticism in contemporary religious movements : some terminological and paradigmatic considerations

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Journal for the Study of Religion, 1992-03)

In this article, three aspects of classical Gnosticism are examined in order to establish how the term could be usefully applied to modern phenomena. Three religious and one cultural phenomena are examined in the light of ...
Why Study Buddhism?

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Theologia Evangelica, 1992-06)

In this essay, the value and relevance of the study of Buddhism generally and at the University of South Africa in particular are described. Despite the small number of Buddhists in South Africa, Buddhology can benefit us ...
Religion, ethics and communal interaction in the new South Africa : the case of the declaration on religious rights and responsibilities

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Missionalia, 1993-04)

Considering the immense power of religion for either good or evil, it is imperative that the followers of different religions should discuss their differences and negotiate a shared future, especially in a religiously ...
Buddhism and human rights

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Journal for the Study of Religion, 1993-09)

This article follows on certain thoughts about the compatibility of human rights theory and traditional theistic religion by Martin Prozesky. The problem of reconciling human rights theory with the Buddhist doctrine of ...
Researching a city's faiths : methodological notes from the coalface

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Religion & Theology, 1995)

In late 1992, the Department of Religious Studies and the Institute for Theological Research at the University of South Africa embarked on a joint research project that would last for three years. The purpose of the project ...
Compassion on the earth and its inhabitants

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Faith and Earthkeeping Project, 1997-12)
Bibliography on Buddhism in South Africa

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Journal of Global Buddhism, 2002)

A Bibliography of works describing the arrival and development of Buddhism in South Africa, and also including General works on Buddhism by South African authors.
Symbols - hidden messages everywhere!

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2003-08)
Peaceful mind, mindful of peace.

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Collective Dharma Insight, 2004)
Ixopo : the evolution of a South African Buddhist Centre

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Journal for the Study of Religion, 2004)

The Buddhist Retreat Centre (BRC), about 12 kilometers from the town of Ixopo in Kwazulu-Natal Province, South Africa, opened its doors for business in 1980. For twenty-five years it has been at the centre of the small but ...
We’re going to Mars - inevitably.

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2004-05)
Being well, well-being, being a well being

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Collective Dharma Insight, 2004-08)
From captain Stormfield to captain Kirk : two twentieth-century representations of heaven

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Routledge, 2007-11)

This article examines two expressions of popular entertainment, nearly a century apart, that take the form of a traveller's yarn about a journey to the ultimate destination: heaven itself. One is a story by Mark Twain, the ...
Religion and art

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2009-08-25)
So where are all those black Buddhists, then?

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2009-08-25)

For almost as long as population statistics have been kept in South Africa, census reports have reported the existence of hundreds of black Buddhists. And for nearly as long, it has been obvious that there are two Buddhist ...
Brûe en slootgrawe : die eeuelange gesprek tussen die Christendom en die Boeddhisme

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2009-08-25)

While popular opinion holds that Buddhism and Christianity had very little contact before the 19th century, there are many indications that Buddhist ideas may have infiltrated Christendom at an earlier age. Buddhists, at ...
The pope on Buddhism

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2009-08-26)
Religion - the nature of the beast

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (2009-08-26)
Common or garden Dharma : essays on contemporary Buddhism. Volume 1

Clasquin-Johnson, Michel (Michel Clasguin-Johnson on Smashwords, 2011-01-13)

The emergence of e-books has created new opportunities for academic authors. Like many academics, there are a number of shorter works that I have published over the years for which I never signed away the electronic ...

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