Sharing Wisdom: Benefits and Boundaries of Interreligious Learning (Interreligious Reflections)

The essays collected here prepared by a think tank of the Elijah Interfaith Academy explore the challenges associated with sharing wisdom--learning teachings messages for good living. How should religions go about sharing their wisdom? These chapters representing six faith tradition (Jewish Christian Muslim Hindu Sikh and Buddhist) explore what wisdom means in each of these traditions; why and how it should be shared internally and externally; and the role of love and forgiveness in sharing. This book offers a theory that can enrich ongoing encounters between members of faith traditions by suggesting a tradition-based practice of sharing wisdom while preserving the integrity of the teaching and respecting the identity of anyone with whom wisdom is shared. Contributors: Pal Ahluwalia Timothy Gianotti Alon Goshen-Gottstein Sallie B. King Anantanand Rambachan Meir Sendor Miroslav Volf