Peter Feldmeier, PhD, is a professor at the University of Toledo who holds the Murray/Bacik endowed chair of Catholic Studies, where he specializes in Christian Spirituality, Comparative Theology, and Buddhism. Named the 2010 Aquinas Scholars Professor of the Year, Feldmeier is author of, among other publications, The Path of Wisdom: A Christian Commentary on the Dhammapada; Encounters in Faith: Christianity in Interreligious Dialogue; Christianity Looks East: Comparing the Spiritualities of John of the Cross and Buddhaghosa; The Developing Christian: Spiritual Growth through the Life Cycle. Both The Path of Wisdom and The Developing Christian were award winning.