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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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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2023
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

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 10
  2. Friendship, Treaty, and Family No access Pages 11 - 26
  3. Friendships of Equality No access Pages 27 - 40
  4. Civic Friendship and Reciprocity No access Pages 41 - 60
  5. Becoming a Friend to the World No access Pages 61 - 76
  6. Sacred Fellowship among Learners No access Pages 77 - 92
  7. God, Prophecy, and Friendship in Islam No access Pages 93 - 106
  8. Ineffable Accompaniment No access Pages 107 - 122
  9.  “I Have Called You Friends” No access Pages 123 - 140
  10. Seeking God Together in Christ No access Pages 141 - 158
  11. Love, Friendship, and Solidarity No access Pages 159 - 172
  12. A Path through the Hell of War Trauma No access Pages 173 - 190
  13. The Project of Friendship No access Pages 191 - 208
  14. Religion Has No Bo(u)nds? No access Pages 209 - 226
  15. Index No access Pages 227 - 234
  16. About the Editors and Contributors No access Pages 235 - 240