Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Conceptual Foundations of suffering -- What is being communicated to Buddhists -- Doing a Thai Christian Theology of suffering -- What you don't know can hurt you: Ignorance as a cause of suffering in Buddhism and Christianity -- Suffering and compassion in Buddhism and Christianity -- Continuities with suffering as a bridge to evangelizing Buddhists -- Part II. Ministry in the midst of suffering -- Sufferings, death, and funerals in Thailand -- Hope and suffering among South Asian Buddhists: observations from the field -- Three responses to suffering: A Cambodian Christian perspective -- Investigating Laypeople's conceptions of Dukkha: Groundwork for context- sensitive witness -- An evangelical Christian observation of the correlation between the Buddhist view of sorrow (Dukkha) and suicide in Sri Lanka --