The Unexpected Way By Paul Williams Book Report

Paul Williams, Professor of Indian and Tibetan Philosophy at Bristol University in England and author of The Unexpected Way which is a focus on his conversion from Buddhism to Catholicism. The Unexpected Way deals with the arguments and reasoning behind Williams' decision to change religion; as well it opens Williams' inner self and the questions which moved him to his conversion to Catholicism. Paul Williams is a leading scholar of Buddhism and his choice to …

…made by Williams in the book are merely to explain his reasoning for his switch from Buddhism to Catholicism. Williams does not put Buddhism down or say that it is wrong, but finds the restrictions too much to deal with. In the end, Williams finds that being a Catholic and having an idea of the beginning and end is what he was looking for and finally admitted it to himself and now to his peers.