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Faith Formation: Interreligious Dialogue

Resources including: Children & Family Curricula & Storytime; Confirmation/Affirmation of Baptism; Denominational Resources; Tween & Teen Mental and Spiritual Health; Sexuality & Identity; and Online/At-Home Tech

Adult Books

Hardcover The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World Book     bell hooks' Spiritual Vision: Buddhist, Christian, and Feminist     The Black Trans Prayer Book     Buddhish     Christian – Zen Dialogue: Sacred Stories as a Starting Point for Interfaith Dialogue     The Church’s Unholy War     Crucified: The Christian Invention of the Jewish Executioners of Jesus     Encountering the Other     Finding God on the Indian Road     Girls That Never Die book cover          Picture of The Half Known Life     Cover for Handing Down the Faith     The Hidden Powers of Ritual by Bradd Shore     Hope Leans Forward: Braving Your Way toward Simplicity, Awakening, and Peace     How We Live Is How We Die     Innocent Until Proven Muslim: Islamophobia, the War on Terror, and the Muslim Experience Since 9/11     A Master Class on Being Human          Obstacles to Stillness: Thoughts, Hindrances, and Self-Surrender in Evagrius and the Buddha          Pathways to Hindu-Christian Dialogue     The Perfect Being: Selections from the Classic Islamic Text     Psalms, Islam, and Shalom: A Common Heritage of Divine Songs for Muslim-Christian Friendship     cover of Pillars: How Muslim Friends Led Me Closer to Jesus     Cover for Sacred Earth, Sacred Soul     Shechinah, Bring Me Home!     Ukraine Diary          When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through

Children's Books

ABCs of the World's Religions By Vicki Michela Garlock, Raman Bhardwaj (Illustrator) Cover Image     African Proverbs for All Ages     All Are Neighbors     Diwali in My New Home          I Am God's Dream by Matthew Paul Turner     The Miracle Seed     Nisha's Just-Right Christmas Tree     Religion around the World: A Curious Kid's Guide to the World's Great Faiths  -     By: Sonja Hagander, Matthew Maruggi, Megan Borgert-Spaniol    Illustrated By: Chester Bentley     The Sea-Ringed World     books about winter holidays.jpg     Winter Solstice Wish

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Webinars & Trainings

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Shoulder to Shoulder offers "Faith Over Fear" virtual training periodically throughout the year. Gain valuable skills to better counter anti-Muslim discrimination in your community and learn how to build stronger local multireligious networks. Learn more and register here.

Websites

Order the book AND the Hats of Fatih website also offers a Toolkit for further education and additional resources for at-home learning.

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PROCESS PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY offer a comprehensive vision of the world and better hopes for the world, inviting a sense of wonder and a recognition of the sacred, based on the interconnectedness, intrinsic value, and beauty present in all living things. This vision has been incredibly useful for many different religious and spiritual communities, including those who understand themselves as spiritual independents.

Intergenerational Activities

Matthew Paul Turner’s book I Am God’s Dream celebrates the unique, strong, and wonderful traits in every child - and how God delights in each and every one. Illustrated Ministry created the accompanying free activity kit - a resource for Sunday School classes, churches, families, and anyone else who might love the book. Download the FREE activity kit here: https://illstrtdm.in/iamgodsdream

Book Lists

The Book of Jewish Food Book Cover PictureFrom Penguin Random House: Books To Help You Learn About the Culture and Religion of Judaism by Rachel Ayotte - includes cultural works, religious works, cook books, and humor.

Blogs, Podcasts, & Articles

In the left image we see open hands. In the middle image we see an old stone building with an open doorway, through the doorway we see a pathway leading off into distant beauty. In the right image we see another set of open hands receiving clear water as it drips from above.

Week Forty-Five: Interfaith Friendships: Daily Meditations exploring the fruitfulness of interfaith friendships.

 Only Love Is Absolute

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Understanding Ramadan

BY Mohammad Hassan Khalil

Six essential things to know about the month of Ramadan, from a religious studies expert

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Beyond Fasting: What We Can All Learn From Ramadan

BY SHAIMA SHAMDEEN

It’s a holiday intended for introspection and community, something Muslims and non-Muslims alike can benefit from.

Matthew Fox has a lengthy series on Deep Ecumenism. Catch a glimpse here and here.

 

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Fr. Richard Rohr shares a week of conversations on Christianity and Buddhism.

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Pope Francis was joined by nearly 40 global faith leaders for "Faith and Science: Towards COP26". Their signed joint appeal was given to Alok Sharma, president-designate of COP26, and to Luigi Di Maio, Italy’s foreign affairs minister.

“Future generations will never forgive us if we miss the opportunity to protect our common home. We have inherited a garden: We must not leave a desert to our children,” said the written appeal, signed Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology.

See the Catholic News Service write-up here.

View AlJazeera's report here.

In Our Library

Across the Threshold, Into the Questions by Caren Goldman, Ted Voorhees, Amy-Jill Levine (9780819222558) - PaperBack - Religion & Spirituality Christianity      Acts of Faith by Eboo Patel     "All the Real Indians Died Off" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker     Becoming Wise by Krista Tippett     Article or product image     The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu and Douglas Carlton Abrams     25969965. sy475      Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones     enlightenedmind     Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask     Exploring Spirituality of Children     Finding Jesus, Discovering Self: Passages to Healing and Wholeness  -     By: Caren Goldman, William Dols               Girl Meets God – Covenant Bookstore     9781933663302: Giving Our Hearts Away: Native American Survival: A Mission Study for 2008-2009     God is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th Anniversary Edition: Deloria  Jr., Vine, Silko, Leslie, Tinker, George E.: 8601200618235: Amazon.com:  Books     God's Big Table | Nurturing Children in a Diverse World (Caldwell)     Holy Envy     iv-bookcover-trans     InterActive Faith - SkyLight Paths Publishing          Interfaith Leadership     My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation  -     Edited By: Jennifer Howe Peace, Or Rose, Gregory Mobley    By: Jennifer Howe Peace (Ed.), Or Rose (Ed.) & Gregory Mobley (Ed.)          Picture of On This Spirit Walk     Practical Interfaith - SkyLight Paths Publishing          Reclaiming Two-Spirits     Sacred Ground     Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life               Amazon.com: Struggling in Good Faith: LGBTQI Inclusion from 13 American  Religious Perspectives: 9781594736025: Copeland MTS, Mychal, Rose BCC,  D'vorah, Zonneveld, Ani, Robinson, Bishop Gene: Books     Product Image     2322786          What Christians Can Learn from Other Religions     Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World - eBook  -     By: Brian D. McLaren               A World of Prayer: Spiritual Leaders, Activists, and Humanitarians Share their Favorite Prayers: ...     

In Our Library - Prayer Books

Book Cover     First Nations Version: An Indigenous Translation of the New Testament, Softcover  -     Edited By: First Nations Version Translation Council    By: Terry M. Wildman          Hardcover Prayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, and Meditations from Around the World (Meditations for Healing, Sacred Writings) Book          Praying with Our Hands: 21 Practices of Embodied Prayer from the World's  Spiritual Traditions: Jon M. Sweeney, Jennifer J. Wilson, Taitetsu Unno,  Mother Tessa Bielecki: 9781893361164: Amazon.com: Books                    The Wisdom Way of Knowing: Reclaiming an Ancient Tradition to Awaken the Heart     A World of Prayer: Spiritual Leaders, Activists, and Humanitarians Share their Favorite Prayers: ...     

In Our Library - World Religions - Children

                                             9781554537501: Faith: Five Religions and What They Share     A Faith Like Mine     9781845079864: Food and Faith          Buy Giving Thanks at Amazon          God's Big Plan  -     By: Elizabeth F. Caldwell, Theodore Hiebert    Illustrated By: Katie Yamasaki     TheGoldenRule     0178_cv3     In God's Hands: Kushner, Rabbi Lawrence, Schmidt, Gary, Baek, Matthew J.:  9781580232241: Amazon.com: Books          Let There Be Light Poems & Prayers For               Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco          Old Turtle          Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (1991)                    Front cover image of DK's What Do You Believe? with an open book and various religious symbols appearing from its pages     Zen Shorts (A Stillwater and Friends Book) By Jon J. Muth, Jon J. Muth (Illustrator) Cover Image