# Paul Louis Metzger / Christianity and Zen

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Podcast: [The Theology Mill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-theology-mill-5741564)
Published: 2025-02-18T13:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Paul Louis Metzger, Ph.D., is Professor of Christian Theology & Theology & Culture, Multnomah Biblical Seminary/Jessup University, Director of The Institute for Cultural Engagement: New Wine, New Wineskins, and author and editor of numerous works, including Evangelical Zen: A Christian’s Spiritual Travels with a Buddhist Friend (2nd ed., Cascade, 2024), More Than Things: A Personalist Ethics for a Throwaway Culture (IVP Academic, 2023), Connecting Christ: How to Discuss Jesus in a World of Diverse Paths (Thomas Nelson, 2012), and A World for All? Global Civil Society in Political Theory and Trinitarian Theology (co-editor, Eerdmans, 2011). PODCAST LINKS: - Evangelical Zen (book): https://wipfandstock.com/9781666768411/evangelical-zen-second-edition/ - Paul’s Patheos Blog: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/uncommongodcommongood/ - Paul’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.l.metzger/ - Paul’s website: https://paullouismetzger.com/ - New Wine, New Wineskins: https://www.new-wineskins.org/ CONNECT: Website: https://wipfandstock.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/wipfandstock Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wipfandstock Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wipfandstock/ OUTLINE: (00:00) – Introduction (03:44) – Roundtable: Kyogen Carlson, Augustine, Dogen, MLK, Steinbeck (06:12) – Initial interest in Buddhism and Japanese culture (10:35) – Where evangelical and Zen meet (15:35) – Permanence vs. impermanence (19:47) – Living with ambiguity (23:22) – Holy envy (26:55) – Buddhism and the culture wars (35:40) – The life and poetry of Kobayashi Issa (40:55) – Nirvana in Kanazawa (44:54) – Inhabiting a tradition (49:10) – The object of (this) multi-faith friendship (51:25) – Book projects in the works *The Theology Mill and Wipf and Stock Publishers would like to thank…

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