Multireligious Reflections on Friendship : Becoming Ourselves in Community Hardback
Edited by Anne-Marie Ellithorpe, Laura Duhan-Kaplan, Hussam S. Timani
Part of the Religion and Borders series
Hardback
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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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:250 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/07/2023
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- ISBN:9781666917352
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:250 pages
- Publisher:Lexington Books
- Publication Date:15/07/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781666917352
