other circumstances would have been a useful intellectual exercise—is set to deliver a body-blow to his Christian faith. Now the grace-filled teachings of Buddhism strike Stephen as superior to the hypocritical Christianity he picked up back home and in Sunday school. By the end of the spring semester he no longer attends church; instead he is attending yoga classes with his girlfriend, practicing Transcendental Meditation with his roommate, and reading the writings of the Dali Lama. And by the time