My Neighbor s Faith. Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, and Gregory Mobley. Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation.

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1 My Neighbor s Faith Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation Edited by Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, and Gregory Mobley

2 Founded in 1970, Orbis Books endeavors to publish works that enlighten the mind, nourish the spirit, and challenge the conscience. The publishing arm of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, Orbis seeks to explore the global dimensions of the Christian faith and mission, to invite dialogue with diverse cultures and religious traditions, and to serve the cause of reconciliation and peace. The books published reflect the views of their authors and do not represent the official position of the Maryknoll Society. To learn more about Maryknoll and Orbis Books, please visit our website at Copyright 2012 by Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, and Gregory Mobley Published by Orbis Books, Box 302, Maryknoll, NY All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Queries regarding rights and permissions should be addressed to: Orbis Books, P.O. Box 302, Maryknoll, NY Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data My neighbor s faith : stories of interreligious encounter, growth, and transformation / edited by Jennifer Howe Peace, Or N. Rose, and Gregory Mobley. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN (pbk.); eisbn Religions Relations. I. Peace, Jennifer Howe. II. Rose, Or N. III. Mobley, Gregory. BL410.M '.5 dc

3 Contents Foreword by Joan D. Chittister, OSB Acknowledgments Introduction xi xv xvii Part I: Encountering the Neighbor 1. Brian D. McLaren, Entering without Knocking 3 2. Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, Water Carriers 7 3. Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, What Would Roy and Alice Do? Zeenat Rahman, The Hijabi Monologues Pravrajika Vrajaprana, Interfaith Incognito: What a Hindu Nun Learned from Evangelical Christians Jennifer Howe Peace, God Is Greater Sherman A. Jackson, My Ever-Present Interfaith Interlocutors Burton L. Visotzky, It Begins with a Text 36 Part II: Viewing Home Anew 9. Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Trouble Praying Gregory Mobley, What the Rabbi Taught the Reverend about the Baby Jesus Rita Nakashima Brock, When I Get to Heaven Judith Plaskow, An Accidental Dialoguer Arthur Green, A Monk s Gift 62 vii

4 viii My Neighbor s Faith 14. Wendy Peterson, The Prayer God Could Not Answer: A Métis-Aboriginal Encounter Judith Berling, How a Daoist Fire-Walking Ceremony Made Me an Episcopalian 73 Part III: Redrawing Our Maps 16. Kecia Ali, Belief-O-Matic and Me Roger S. Gottlieb and Bill J. Leonard, Gambling on Hope: One Shared Faith Jeffery D. Long, Never Was There a Time... : Crossing Over to Hinduism from Roman Catholicism through the Bhagavad Gita Janet M. Cooper Nelson, Dearly Beloved Paul Raushenbush, Why Don t You Just Convert? Najeeba Syeed-Miller, The State of the Heart in Multifaith Relationships Richard J. Mouw, This War of Words and This Tumult of Opinions : The Beginning of a Dialogue with Mormons Homayra Ziad, Oh How You ve Spun Me Round, Darling Paul F. Knitter, Theological Goosebumps: A Turning Point in My Interfaith Journey 120 Part IV: Unpacking Our Belongings 25. Abdullah Antepli, Never Again: A Muslim Visits the Nazi Death Camps Ramdas Lamb, The Lessons We Learn as Children Ali S. Asani, Encountering the Muslim Other at Harvard Mary C. Boys, It s Complicated Rodney L. Petersen, What I Learned in Zenica about Forgiveness Michael Lerner, Learning to See God in Everyone 149

5 Contents ix 31. Anantanand Rambachan, The Ambiguities of Liberation and Oppression: Assuming Responsibility for One s Tradition Richard Twiss, All My Relations 159 Part V: Stepping across the Line 33. Ruben L. F. Habito, A Christian Confronts a Zen Kōan Valarie Kaur, Double-Edged Daggers Charles P. Gibbs, Jesus Appeared to Babaji Varun Soni, Under the Bodhi Tree Daniel A. Berman, How We Pray Rodger Kamenetz, The Canine-Buddhist Dialogue S. Mark Heim, Otherness and Wonder: A Christian Experiences Moksha John Makransky, What Mast Ram Baba Dropped into My Bowl 197 Part VI: Finding Fellow Travelers 41. Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, What I Found in the Chapel Samir Selmanovic, If Muhammad Had Not Spoken Laurie L. Patton, Sewing in Silence Judith Simmer-Brown, The Solitude of Contemplative Life: A Buddhist-Benedictine Friendship Or N. Rose, Holy Chutzpah: Lessons from William Sloane Coffin Rebecca Ann Parker in conversation with Ibrahim Farajajé, Out Beyond: Forging Resistance and Hope through Multireligious Friendship 228

6 x My Neighbor s Faith 47. Bradley Hirschfield, Finding Faith on the Road: Where Deep Commitment and Genuine Openness Meet 234 Part VII: Repairing Our Shared World 48. Eboo Patel, The Heroes I Was Looking For Jonah Pesner with Hurmon Hamilton, A Community, Not Simply a Coalition Phyllis Berman and Arthur Waskow, Dwelling Together in the Tent of Abraham, Hagar, and Sarah Ji Hyang Padma, Practicing in the Temples of Human Experience Miguel A. De La Torre, The Value of a Peso Jim Wallis, A Test of Character 264 Contributors 267