Friendship across Religions

Edited by Alon Goshen-Gottstein - Contributions by Balwant Singh Dhillon; Timothy Gianotti; Alon Goshen-Gottstein; Maria Reis Habito; Ruben Habito; Ryan McAnnally-Linz; Eleanor Nesbitt; Anantanand Rambachan; Meir Sendor; Johann M. Vento and Miroslav Volf

This book explores the notion of interreligious friendship. Friendship is one of the outcomes as well as conditions for advancing interfaith relations. However, for friendship to advance, there must be legitimation from within and a theory of how interreligious relations can be justified from the resources of different faith traditions. The present volume explores these very issues, seeking to develop a robust theory of interreligious friendship, from the resources of each of the participating traditions. It also seeks to feature particular individual cases as models and precedents for such relations. In particular, the friendship of Gandhi and Charlie Andrews, his closest personal friend, emerges as the model for the project.

Foreword, Alon Goshen-GottsteinOverview: Introducing Interreligious Friendship: Types of Friendship, Alon Goshen-GottsteinSummary of Essays on Interreligious Friendship, Stephen Butler MurrayIntroduction: Friendship Across Religions-Project Overview and Synthesis, Alon Goshen-GottsteinChapter 1: Understanding Jewish Friendship, Extending Friendship beyond Judaism, Alon Goshen-GottsteinChapter 2: Very Two as Very One: A Response to Understanding Jewish Friendship, Meir SendorChapter 3: A Christian Perspective on Interreligious Friendship, Miroslav Volf and Ryan McAnnally-LinzChapter 4: The Sacramentality of Inter-religious Friendship, Johann M. VentoChapter 5: Toward a Muslim Theology of Interreligious Friendship, Timothy J. GianottiChapter 6: "Love Speaking to Love": Friendship Across Religious Traditions, Anantanand RambachanChapter 7: Interreligious Friendship: Insights from the Sikh Tradition, Eleanor NesbittChapter 8: Sikh Perspective on Friendship: Inside View, Balwant Singh DhillonConclusion: Friendship Across Religions: An Interreligious Manifesto, Alon Goshen-Gottstein