Meeting Our Multifaith Neighbor

CONTENTS......Page 8
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
1. SPIRITUALITY AND TRANSFORMATION......Page 26
2. HOSPITABLE AND INCLUSIVE......Page 44
A Multifaith Experience: Our Son Married a Muslim......Page 54
3. MOVING TOWARD DIALOGUE: FROM ISOLATION TO PARTNERSHIP......Page 58
A Multifaith Experience: Remember Abraham, Ishmael, and Isaac: The Festival of Sacrifice......Page 76
4. STRUGGLING TO BECOME NORTH AMERICAN: ENTERING A NEW WORLD......Page 82
A Multifaith Experience: Cedar's Question:  How Do You Read the Old Testament?......Page 94
5. SEEING OUR WORLD DIFFERENTLY: IMAGINING OTHERS' VIEWS......Page 100
6. CAN WE BECOME A MULTIFAITH SOCIETY?......Page 112
7. BEGINNING WITH LOVE......Page 120
AFTERWORD......Page 138
APPENDIX 1: INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND MULTIFAITH ACTION: NOT JUST A SOCIAL GATHERING......Page 148
APPENDIX 2: INTERFAITH GRAND RIVER: A BRIEF HISTORY......Page 166
APPENDIX 3: STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: INTERFAITH GRAND RIVER......Page 178
APPENDIX 4: RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES INVOLVING MORE THAN ONE FAITH: GUIDELINES FROM THE CANADIAN COUNCIL OF CHURCHES......Page 180
NOTES......Page 182
B......Page 190
H......Page 191
P......Page 192
V......Page 193
Y......Page 194
THE AUTHOR......Page 196