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**Annyllop21** · 07-02-2012, 12:46 PM

It's called Engaged Buddhism, I thought there was one organisation named this but a quick google shows there are lots, but yes Christianity places more emphasis on this sort of thing than other religions. It's a bit off-topic but in terms of its critical engagement and commitment to social justice, Engaged Buddhism is a long, long way off liberation theology, or even mainstream Catholic social teaching, which has an explicit "preferential option for the poor". I think Engaged Buddhism is great as far as it goes. It just doesn't go very far.

07-02-2012, 12:46 PM	#11
Annyllop21 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 503 Senior Member	It's called Engaged Buddhism, I thought there was one organisation named this but a quick google shows there are lots, but yes Christianity places more emphasis on this sort of thing than other religions. It's a bit off-topic but in terms of its critical engagement and commitment to social justice, Engaged Buddhism is a long, long way off liberation theology, or even mainstream Catholic social teaching, which has an explicit "preferential option for the poor". I think Engaged Buddhism is great as far as it goes. It just doesn't go very far.
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