Academic Journals
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The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue™ is a forum for academic, social, and timely issues affecting religious communities around the world. It is designed to increase the quality and frequency of interchanges between religious groups and their leaders. The Journal seeks to build an inter-religious community of scholars, in which people of different traditions learn from one another and work together for the common good.
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General Information on World Religious Traditions
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How to Be a Perfect Stranger:
The Essential Religious Etiquette Handbook
Stuart M. Matlins and Arthur J. Magida
An excellent resource for anyone interested in visiting different places of worship! We live in a remarkably diverse society, and it's increasingly common to be invited to a wedding, funeral or other religious service of a friend, relative or coworker whose faith is different from our own. This easy-to-read guidebook helps visitors to feel comfortable, participate to the fullest extent possible, and avoid violating anyone’s religious principles--while enriching their own spiritual understanding.
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ISBN: 1594731403
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Sourcebook of the World's Religions
Joel Beversluis (Editor)
This anthology of interfaith articles, essays, and resources has a multifold mission: First off, it is a well-presented primer, introducing readers to 20 of the world's religions and spiritual beliefs. Second, this carefully edited collection offers suggestions for becoming a more unified community, one that tolerates and respects the diversity of spiritual beliefs on the planet. Finally, it addresses the common ground amid all this diversity, such as respect for human rights, environmental responsibility, and creating a culture of peace.
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ISBN: 1577311213
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Religious Literacy:
What Every American Needs to Know and Doesn't
Stephen Prothero
Stephen Prothero, chair of the religion department at Boston University, begins this valuable primer by noting that religious illiteracy is rampant in the United States, where most Americans, even Christians, cannot name even one of the four Gospels. Such ignorance is perilous because religion "is the most volatile constituent of culture" and, unfortunately, often "one of the greatest forces for evil" in the world, he writes. Possibly the most important aspect of the book, Prothero offers a dictionary of religious literacy and a quiz for readers to test their knowledge. This book can be valuable not only for educators, clergy and government officials, but for all adults in a culture where, as Prothero puts it, "faith without understanding is the standard."
ISBN: 0060859520
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Scripture from World Religious Traditions
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God's Breath & God's Light Collections
God's Breath gathers together selections from seven of the world's major wisdom traditions. The writings include excerpts or complete texts of the Book of Genesis, the Tao Te Ching, the Book of Rumi*, the Gospel of John, the Bhagavad Gita, the Qur'an, and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Each section has an introdcution by notable contributors including Huston Smith, Karen Armstrong, Reynolds Price, Stephen Mitchell, Marcus Borg, Joseph Campbell, Carl Jung, the Dalai Lama, and others.
God’s Light presents the compelling life stories of the key figures from these religious traditions: the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Arjuna, Muhammad, Rumi*, and Lao Tzu. Each figure is represented by a main profile as well as a briefer preface. Among the notable contributors are Elie Wiesel, Thomas Merton, Marcus Borg, Mother Teresa, and Thich Nhat Hanh.
*For some reason the editors chose to include the Islamic mysitcal tradition known as Sufism distinct from Islam, perhaps because they were looking at "wisdom traditions," and Sufism has a distinct line of wisdom texts.
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ISBN: 1569246181
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ISBN: 1569244448
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The "Essential" Series
For anyone interested in approaching a religious text for the first time, it is helpful to first find a text that distills the most beloved and memorable passages. The books in the "Essential" Series do just this for a variety of traditions. Whether covering the words of a religious figure, like in "The Essential Confucius" or "The Essential Jesus," or the writings of a mystical tradition, like in "The Essential Kabbalah" or "The Essential Sufism," the books in the "Essential" Series bring together the core texts of a particular topic for easy access and digestion by the curious reader. Each book begins with an introduction by an author well versed in the topic at hand, followed by scriptural passages arranged by topic or theme. The series includes a range of religious traditions, as well as general topics like mysticism and monasticism. Books in the series include:
- The Essential Kabbalah - ISBN: 0062511645
- The Essential Jesus - ISBN: 0785809015
- The Essential Koran - ISBN: 0785809023
- The Essential Sufism - ISBN: 0785809066
- The Essential Rumi - ISBN: 078580871X
- The Essential Tibetan Buddhism - ISBN: 0785808728
- The Essential Zen - ISBN: 0785807217
- The Essential Confucius - ISBN: 0785809031
- The Essential Tao - ISBN: 0785809058
- The Essential Monastic Wisdom - ISBN: 0060624833
- The Essential Mystics - ISBN: 078580904X
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Much like the aforementioned "Essential" Series, the Oneworld of Wisdom Series also collects scripture from world religious traditions. Quite importantly, this series includes work from two religions the other series does not: Hinduism and Sikhism. In addition to this, the Wisdom series has two works on Greek and Arab philosophy. This gives Oneworld of Wisdom a wider scope across the series.
- The Wisdom of Judaism - ISBN: 1851682287
- The Wisdom of Kabbalah - ISBN: 185168297X
- The Wisdom of Jesus - ISBN: 1851682252
- The Wisdom of the Qur'an - ISBN: 1851682244
- The Wisdom of Sufism - ISBN: 1851682600
- The Wisdom of Hinduism - ISBN: 1851682279
- The Wisdom of Buddhism - ISBN: 1851682260
- The Wisdom of Zen - ISBN: 1851682813
- The Wisdom of the Confucians - ISBN: 1851682597
- The Wisdom of the Tao - ISBN: 1851682325
- The Wisdom of Sikhism - ISBN: 1851682805
- The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks - ISBN: 1851682988
- The Wisdom of the Arabs - ISBN: 185168283X
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Interfaith Relations Theory & Practice
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InterActive Faith:
The Essential Interreligious Community Building Handbook
Bud Heckman and Rori Picker Neiss (Editors)
InterActive Faith, which brings together five original essays filled with case studies on interreligious dialogue, serves as a primer to those who may be new to the movement or find themselves in need of fresh ideas. Its basic premise is that the elements of commonality between religions are greater than their differences. The book starts out with a glossary of important terms, which are followed by essays on different ways to facilitate engagement. The volume closes with a brief review of the dozen or so most common world religions, a thorough list of interfaith organizations and a comprehensive bibliography.
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ISBN: 159473237X
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Building the Interfaith Youth Movement:
Beyond Dialogue to Action
Eboo Patel and Patrice Brodeur (Editors)
This is known fondly as "the green book" in interfaith circles, and is the first publication of the Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC). The IFYC is an organization that focuses on providing service opportunities to youth of different faith traditions, then fascilitating discussion of how their faith influences and speaks to their service and interaction with others. Instead of simply praising its own strategies, it looks to the works of Diana Eck and Grove Harris with the Pluralism Project, Josh Borkin at Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions, what has taken place at Wellesley College and University of Illinois, and many other examples of successful interfaith youth work. It paints the landscape of this relatively new venture, presenting the importance of such a movement and the impact it is having on the people's lives and on institutions.
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ISBN: 0742550672
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Profiles on Modern & Historic Interfaith Leaders
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Interfaith Heroes showcases short biographies of men and women throughout history who have crossed traditional boundaries of religious groups to build stronger communities. Most readers will discover new uplifting stories, in addition to better known figures. The book is an exploration and a celebration of diversity, and includes questions for daily reflection that are designed to spark creative thinking by people of all faiths. The sketches and daily questions could be used by discussion groups or students in classrooms studying history, global culture or the sociology of religion. Also included is a Study Guide for individuals, groups and classrooms. The book is supplemented with online content at www.InterfaithHeroes.info and readers are invited to nominate more heroes whose lives will be honored and explored in future editions of this series.
ISBN:1934879002
ISBN:1934879142
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Peacemakers in Action:
Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution
David Little (Editor)
Just a quick look at the news headlines on any given day is a powerful reminder that devastating armed conflicts worldwide are destroying lives and whole communities often in the name of religion. Hidden in the news, if reported on at all, are the brave religious leaders in these zones of violence, working to bring peace and reconciliation to their people. These inspiring men and women offer critical insights and skills for addressing today's most urgent conflicts. But their stories are rarely told. Peacemakers in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution shares the experiences of 16 such remarkable religious peacemakers who have put their lives on the line in conflicts around the world from Israel-Palestine to Northern Ireland, the Balkans, Sudan, South Africa, El Salvador, Indonesia and beyond. For each of them, religious texts and traditions have served both as a source of inspiration and as a practical resource in resolv ing conflict. These grassroots peacemakers are powerful, but underutilized actors for resolving some of the world's most horrifying conflicts. In a world where religion-based conflict affects us all, this book provides critical lessons and much-needed hope for each of us.
ISBN: 0521618940
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Acts of Faith:
The Story of an American Muslim,
The Struggle for the Soul of a Generation
Eboo Patel
An autobiography of a modern interfaith leader, Acts of Faith tells the story of Eboo Patel. Patel, a former Rhodes scholar with a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford, is the founder of the Interfaith Youth Core, an organization that unites young people of different religions to perform community service and explore their common values. Patel argues that such work is essential, manifesting the faith line that will define the 21st century. With honesty, Patel relates how he suffered the racist taunts of fellow youth, and, in response, alternately rebelled against and absorbed the religion of his parents but in his own way. Meanwhile, he continued to pursue interfaith work with vigor, not quite knowing his end goal but always feeling in his gut that interfaith understanding was the key. This autobiography of a young activist captures how an angry youth can be transformed—by faith, by the community and, most of all, by himself—into a profound leader for the cause of peace.
ISBN: 0807077275
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History of the Interfaith Movement
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