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Practical Interfaith: How to Find Our Common Humanity as We Celebrate Diversity
176NOOK Book(eBook)
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Overview
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781594735905 |
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Publisher: | Turner Publishing Company |
Publication date: | 10/06/2014 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | NOOK Book |
Pages: | 176 |
File size: | 2 MB |
About the Author
Rev. Steven Greenebaum, an Interfaith minister and founder of Living Interfaith Church in Lynnwood, Washington, is the author of The Interfaith Alternative. Featured in the New York Times, he speaks and leads workshops on Interfaith and compassion as the core of our diverse spiritual traditions throughout the United States and Canada.
Table of Contents
Preface vii
Part I The Call of Interfaith 1
1 Interfaith as a Faith 3
2 Guides or Rulebooks? 7
3 Why Are Our Paths So Different? 11
4 What We Call It Matters 17
5 A Blasphemous Look at Blasphemy 22
Voices of Interfaith 26
Part II Day-to-Day Interfaith 29
6 The Decision to Act 31
7 Why Interfaith Can Be Hard 35
8 What Does It Mean to Practice Interfaith? 42
9 The Foundation of Interfaith Dialogue 50
10 Broadening the Dialogue 57
Voices of Interfaith 61
Part III Starting an Interfaith Church 63
11 Holding Safe, Sacred Space 65
12 Foundations for Starting an Interfaith Spiritual Community 72
13 The Road to Living Interfaith 78
14 Joys and Bumps along the Way 90
15 Some Thoughts on Interfaith Ministry 97
Voices of Interfaith 100
Part IV Resources for an Interfaith Community 101
16 Choosing an Interfaith Minister 109
17 I Think I Want to Be an Interfaith Minister 114
18 Anatomy of an Interfaith Service 119
19 Some Interfaith Liturgy 125
Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? 135
Appendix: Possibly Helpful Documents 137
Notes 152
Suggestions for Further Reading 157