Encountering God Chapter Summary
Encountering God
Chapter One:
In the first chapter of “Encountering God” the author Diana Eck starts by explaining that the book is her experiences in encountering different religions. “All of us have rivers deep within us, bearing the waters of joining streams.” I loved this starting quote it feels like she is open to any view. She knows that different beliefs are a good thing, and that we all have to experience different people because we need to be mixed together for us to grow and form our own views. Throughout the rest of the chapter she is telling us all about Bozeman, Montana. The memories she had from the town and the descriptions she made where vivid. What was a small frontier like town when she was a girl is now a busy city.
You can tell how drawn Eck was to go travel, she gave up her summers to …show more content…
One country might be having a problem, but it isn’t just their problem, it’s ours because we live here too. She puts a lot of different ideas into perspective. We are all so connected but we refer to ourselves not as we or a whole.
Along The Indian Road
Chapter One:
In the first chapter of “Along the Indian Road” we are introduced to what the road is and holds. The author explains the road as being at all ends of the spectrum. The comparisons he made where so detailed and dramatic. I enjoyed the description “Here are the highest most beautiful mountains in the world and the dullest plains stretching in the shimmering heat”. Everyone along the road is from a different culture or belief. He says that most of the population are Hindu.
Chapter Two:
Stanley introduces us to his friend, the first Indian man he had ever met along the road. He was taken back by him as a missionary because of how confident he was in his spirituality and ended up becoming a great companion of him. Throughout this chapter he is recalling the first few times he stepped on the road. Each time being extremely memorable and
Chapter One:
In the first chapter of “Encountering God” the author Diana Eck starts by explaining that the book is her experiences in encountering different religions. “All of us have rivers deep within us, bearing the waters of joining streams.” I loved this starting quote it feels like she is open to any view. She knows that different beliefs are a good thing, and that we all have to experience different people because we need to be mixed together for us to grow and form our own views. Throughout the rest of the chapter she is telling us all about Bozeman, Montana. The memories she had from the town and the descriptions she made where vivid. What was a small frontier like town when she was a girl is now a busy city.
You can tell how drawn Eck was to go travel, she gave up her summers to …show more content…
One country might be having a problem, but it isn’t just their problem, it’s ours because we live here too. She puts a lot of different ideas into perspective. We are all so connected but we refer to ourselves not as we or a whole.
Along The Indian Road
Chapter One:
In the first chapter of “Along the Indian Road” we are introduced to what the road is and holds. The author explains the road as being at all ends of the spectrum. The comparisons he made where so detailed and dramatic. I enjoyed the description “Here are the highest most beautiful mountains in the world and the dullest plains stretching in the shimmering heat”. Everyone along the road is from a different culture or belief. He says that most of the population are Hindu.
Chapter Two:
Stanley introduces us to his friend, the first Indian man he had ever met along the road. He was taken back by him as a missionary because of how confident he was in his spirituality and ended up becoming a great companion of him. Throughout this chapter he is recalling the first few times he stepped on the road. Each time being extremely memorable and