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REL 150: World Religions Reflection Paper: “The Faces of God,” by Diana Eck (from her book, Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras) Due Friday, September 7, 2012 1. In India, Diana Eck met an elderly gentleman in his eighties who was interested to learn about her “chosen god,” Jesus. Compare the idea of Jesus as “avatar” with the many “avatars” of Vishnu. What did the Indian gentleman find surprising, and how would you have responded to him? 2. Compare the “five faces of Shiva” and the “five tastes of Krishna” with the Christian view of Jesus.