John Makransky is associate professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology at Boston College and senior faculty advisor to the Center for Buddhist Studies of Kathmandu University, Nepal. He has written a number of diverse articles, essays, and books.

• “Love Is All Around: Recognizing the Unconditional Love in our Lives”
  Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (Fall 2007)
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• “No Real Protection Without Authentic Love”
  Journal of Buddhist Ethics (Volume 12, 2005)
• “A Contemporary Buddhist Teaching of Spiritual Practice” (PDF)
  presented to the Association of Practical Theology, American Academy of Religion (2007)
• “Buddhist Perspectives on Truth in Other Religions: Past and Present”
  Theological Studies (June 2003)
• “Buddha and Christ as Mediations of Ultimate Reality: A Mahayana Buddhist Perspective”
  Buddhism and Christianity in Dialogue (2005)
• “Historical Consciousness as an Offering to the Trans-historical Buddha” (PDF)
  Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars
• “Contemporary Academic Buddhist Theology: Its Emergence and Rationale” (PDF)
  Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars (2000)
• “Family Life as Practice” (PDF)
  Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (2001)
• “Parenting as Path” (PDF)
  Tricycle: The Buddhist Review (2001)
• “Buddhahood and Buddha Bodies”
  Encyclopedia of Buddhism (2004)
• “Tathagata” (PDF)
  Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd edition, 2003)
• “Buddhist Analogues of Sin and Grace: A Dialogue with Augustine”
  Studies in Interreligious Dialogue (2005)
• “Mahayana Buddhist Ritual and Ethical Activity in the World” (PDF)
  Society of Buddhist Christian Studies Meeting, Orlando, FL (Nov. 20, 1998)