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Multireligious Reflections on Friendship
Becoming Ourselves in Community
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2023
Summary
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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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1735-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1736-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
240
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
Friendship, Treaty, and Family No access Pages 11 - 26
Friendships of Equality No access Pages 27 - 40
Civic Friendship and Reciprocity No access Pages 41 - 60
Becoming a Friend to the World No access Pages 61 - 76
Sacred Fellowship among Learners No access Pages 77 - 92
God, Prophecy, and Friendship in Islam No access Pages 93 - 106
Ineffable Accompaniment No access Pages 107 - 122
“I Have Called You Friends” No access Pages 123 - 140
Seeking God Together in Christ No access Pages 141 - 158
Love, Friendship, and Solidarity No access Pages 159 - 172
A Path through the Hell of War Trauma No access Pages 173 - 190
The Project of Friendship No access Pages 191 - 208
Religion Has No Bo(u)nds? No access Pages 209 - 226
Index No access Pages 227 - 234
About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 235 - 240
