{"product_id":"multireligious-reflections-on-friendship-becoming-ourselves-in-community-9781666917352","title":"Multireligious Reflections on Friendship:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eMultireligious 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Duhan-Kaplan, Hussam S. Timani, and Anne-Marie Ellithorpe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Friendship, Treaty, and Family: Indigenous Insights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond C. Aldred and Allen G. Jorgenson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Friendships of Equality: Mitratva, Hindu Traditions, and Interfaith Possibilities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeffery D. Long\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: Civic Friendship and Reciprocity: Ancient Biblical Exhortations, Contemporary Opportunities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnne-Marie Ellithorpe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: Becoming a Friend to the World: Śāntideva on “Bodhisattva Friendship”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn M. Thompson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Sacred Fellowship Among Learners: A Kabbalistic Pedagogy for Our Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaura Duhan-Kaplan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: God, Prophecy, and Friendship in Islam: A Theological Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHussam S. Timani\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven: Ineffable Accompaniment: Towards a Theology of Friendship and The Human Animal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDorothy Dean\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight: “I have called you friends”: Friendship in the New Testament and Early Christianity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz Carmichael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine: Seeking God Together in Christ—Friendship in the Christian Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul J. Wadell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Ten: Love, Friendship, and Solidarity: A Christian Theology of Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus Mescher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eleven: A Path Through the Hell of War Trauma: Pavel Florensky's Theology of Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Tietje\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Twelve: The Project of Friendship: Biblical, Butlerian, and Beer-Brewing Reflections\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrandy Daniels and Shelly Penton\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Thirteen: Religion Has No Bo(u)nds?: Expanding the Dimensions of Religion to Account for the Attachment of Spiritual Friendship\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Ann Bixler\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042015084887,"sku":"9781666917352","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781666917352.jpg?v=1750952631","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/multireligious-reflections-on-friendship-becoming-ourselves-in-community-9781666917352","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}