Multireligious Reflections on Friendship
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Multireligious Reflections on Friendship

Becoming Ourselves in Community

  1. 251 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Multireligious Reflections on Friendship

Becoming Ourselves in Community

About this book

Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community presents a multi-religious discussion of spiritual and ethical formation through friendship. Contributors discuss the positive effects of friendship and some of the culturally diverse ways that friendships develop. Friends help us co-exist in diverse societies, live sustainably in our ecosystems, heal from trauma, develop inner virtues, engage wisely in social action, and connect with the divine. While friendship is a core human value, cultural traditions have used different tools to build friendships. For example, Indigenous communities emphasize reciprocity on the land; Jewish traditions encourage respect for study partners; Buddhist teachers suggest discernment in befriending; Christian texts speak of bringing God's love into community. The fifteen scholars contributing to this book draw on the teachings of six different global traditions: Indigenous, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Islamic, and Christian. Each scholar applies the tools of their tradition—reciprocity, respect, discernment, love, and more—to discuss how we might become our best selves in community.

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Yes, you can access Multireligious Reflections on Friendship by Anne-Marie Ellithorpe,Laura Duhan-Kaplan,Hussam S. Timani in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Ethics & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Friendship, Treaty, and Family
  6. Friendships of Equality
  7. Civic Friendship and Reciprocity
  8. Becoming a Friend to the World
  9. Sacred Fellowship among Learners
  10. God, Prophecy, and Friendship in Islam
  11. Ineffable Accompaniment
  12.  “I Have Called You Friends”
  13. Seeking God Together in Christ
  14. Love, Friendship, and Solidarity
  15. A Path through the Hell of War Trauma
  16. The Project of Friendship
  17. Religion Has No Bo(u)nds?
  18. Index
  19. About the Editors and Contributors