Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Ecumenism & Interfaith

Religion's place in American public life has never been fixed. As new communities have arrived, as old traditions have fractured and reformed, as cultural norms have been shaped by shifting economic structures and the advance of science, and as new faith traditions have expanded the range of religious confessions within America's religious landscape, the claims posited by religious claims--and the respect such claims may demand--have been subjects of near-constant change. In The Limits of Religious Tolerance, Alan Jay Levinovitz pushes against the widely held (and often...

Catholicism and Zen explores the history of Christian/Buddhist dialogue, and profiles fourteen modern Catholic clergy who have become authorized to teach Zen practice within their Christian faith. These real-life stories of men and women engaged in a spiritual quest enliven the meaning and form of awakening beyond traditional constrictions.

Although there are a number of books written on Christianity and Zen, including several by Catholic clergy, this is the first to take it from its origins with the Jesuit missionaries sent to Japan, to interviews with the many...

The Middle East has undergone vast, often sudden changes since World War I, and this lack of stability leads to conflict. But while the political situation in Israel and Palestine is complex, peace is not impossible.

Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom (Oasis of Peace), an intentional community of Jews and Palestinians (Christians and Muslims), has become known the world over for its unique approach to conflict and interfaith dialogue. Receiving tens of thousands of visitors a year, this community has learned what it means to live in harmony despite long-standing differences between...

Showing Up: Practices for a Spirited Life explores thoughtful actions you can take to engage and develop your spiritual practice in a fresh way. Its energetic, gently challenging and creative activities are offered as starting points for shaping a personal practice and empowered attitude towards life.

The workbook’s twenty-six discovery practices emerge from the author’s life experience and her study of Incarnational Spirituality, a nondenominational view of spirituality that recognizes the earth and all of life as rooted in sacredness.  These practices will...