Of Yahweh and The Buddha
 two novellas about the spirit and the heart
by John E. Lankford   ISBN: 978-1-59663-825-9 $14.95
Trade Paper 6 "x 9" 202 pp. $14.95 introductory price 12.95

 

    Cast in the outward form of humorous new age
         fantasy, these two novellas partake of
              tragedy, love, dark comedy and gentle satire


"The Paradise Papers" explores issues of Christian theology by clothing them in the raiments of human personal issues and examining them through the lens of gentle satire.

"White Crows on Morada Lane: A Karmic Tragedy" explores the nature of awakening from a Buddhist perspective, but a one-sided awakening that results in sorrow not enlightenment.

Both novellas deal with the complexities of  the spirit and the heart; from doomed love to recollections of previous lives, the characters explore the rich skein of life as it pertains to the natures of commitment; time, memory, and religion, and finally, at a deeper level karmic destiny and the character of love itself.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR: After an undergraduate degree from Oberlin, John Lankford served as assistant to a member of Congress. Returning to the academy, he earned masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Wisconsin and then spent a year as a post-doctoral fellow at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. His professorial career spanned more than thirty years, including appointments at four academic institutions. After leaving the classroom he acted as assistant to the Provost at Kansas State University.

Taking early retirement, Lankford settled in the high desert of Northern New Mexico. Lankford devotes his time to writing and community service, including teaching astronomy to elementary school students. A practicing Buddhist, he is active in the affairs of Taos Mountain Sangha and sits a Buddhist meditation retreat for the month of April each year.

After five books and forty-plus articles in the history of religion, higher education and modern science, Lankford turned to fiction. 'Who Sleeps Beneath the Rocks?' and its sequel 'Hide in Plain Sight' were published by James A. Rock & Company in 2008 and draw on years of hiking, camping and river running in the Canyonlands of Utah. 'Of Yahweh and the Buddha' is Lankford’s second novel with Rock & Co.

To learn more, visit the author’s website at
        http://www.taoswriter.com