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For anyone wanting to learn, or share, about where Christianity belongs in a multi-faith world, From Bubble to Bridge gives you the tools and thoughts to help the Church engage with people of other religions. An issue of growing importance in an increasingly diverse world.
Understanding our religious neighbours is more important than ever--but also more challenging.
In a world of deep religious strife and increasing pluralism it can seem safer to remain inside the "bubble" of our faith community. Christian college campuses in particular provide a strong social bubble that reinforces one's faith identity in distinction from the wider society. Many Christians worry that engaging in interfaith dialogue will require watering down their faith and accepting other religions as equally true.
Bethel University professors Marion Larson and Sara Shady not only make the case that we can love our religious neighbours without diluting our commitment, but also offer practical wisdom and ideas for turning our faith bubbles into bridges of religious inclusion and interfaith engagement. Drawing on the parables of Jesus, research on inter-religious dialogue, and their own classroom experience, Larson and Shady provide readers with the tools they need to move beyond the bubble.
Interfaith dialogue is difficult, and From Bubble to Bridge is the timely guide we have been waiting for.
Foreword by Eboo Patel
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Out of the Bubble
1. Why Interfaith Engagement? A Civic Imperative
The World is a Really Big Place - Tanden Brekke
2. Why Interfaith Engagement? A Religious Imperative
I Want to Know My Neighbours - Janna B.
3. Aren't We Better Off in the Bubble? Remedies from Two Parables
You Don't Have to Water Down Your Identity - Amber Hacker
4. A Model for Interfaith Dialogue
Bearing Witness to the Love of Jesus - Rachael McNeal
5. Cultivating Virtues for Interfaith Engagement
Cultivating a Deeper Understanding of the Diverse Communities of Which I Am a Part - Anna Wilson
6. Inside the Bubble: Creating a Nurturing Learning Environment
There is Power in Stories and Face-to-Face Interaction - Amy Poppinga
7. Inside the Bubble: Sample Learning Activities
Why I'm Glad I Skipped Large Group - Greg Damhorst
8. Interfaith Engagement Beyond the Bubble
A Christian in the Muslim Student Association - April Lenker
Sometimes It Takes One - Ola Mohamed
Conclusion: Across the Bridge
Notes
Index
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Marion H Larson
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Intervarsity Press (IVP)
Published
December 2016
Weight
282g
Page Count
208
Dimensions
14 x 20.8 x 1.8 cm
ISBN
9780830851560
ISBN-10
0830851569
Eden Code
4490529
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