I and Tao: Martin Buber's Encounter with Chuang Tzu

Acknowledgments

This single page of acknowledgments can only begin to express my indebtedness to the many people and institutions who in various ways made it possible for me to produce this work. I am especially grateful to Tu Wei-ming, Dick Niebuhr, and Jim Engell, for their helpful advice and guidance at every stage along the way. Special thanks also to Maurice Friedman, for his tremendous ongoing support for this project, and to Irene Eber, for sharing the fruits of her research during my own preliminary stages of work. Bill Graham offered constructive advice to help me formulate an appropriate focus, and Chad Hansen offered encouragement when I seemed to need it. Roger Ames and David Hall were instrumental in helping me find the right audience for the book. A number of people provided information or helped me to locate important source material. My thanks to Michael Appell, Nila Baker, Kay Evans, Francis Schussler Fiorenza, Aleene Friedman, Robert Gimello, D. Jonathan Grieser, Lewis Jacobs, Michael LaFargue, Steven Kepnes, Masatoshi Nagatomi, Alex Page, Laurence Silberstein, Katherine Steinburger, Wilfred Cantwell Smith, Jay Wexler, and Lee Yearley. Some materials were provided with the cooperation of the Martin Buber Archive, the Leo Baeck Institute, and Humanities Press International. Various activities associated with the research for this book were partially funded by grants from the Center for the Study of World Religions (Harvard University), Lewis & Clark College, and St. Lawrence University. And of course, this book would not be, were it not for the continuing inspiration and support from my family, friends, and cats. My parents never seemed to lose hope, and my wife Ellen continues to provide me with good cause for it. Xlll ...