Multireligious Reflections on Friendship

Anne-Marie Ellithorpe is research associate at the Vancouver School of Theology. Laura Duhan-Kaplan is Director of inter-religious studies and professor of Jewish Studies at the Vancouver School of Theology, and Rabbi Emerita of Or Shalom Synagogue. Hussam S. Timani is professor of philosophy and religion and Co-Director of the Middle East and North Africa Studies Program at Christopher Newport University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionLaura Duhan-Kaplan, Hussam S. Timani, and Anne-Marie EllithorpeChapter One: Friendship, Treaty, and Family: Indigenous InsightsRaymond C. Aldred and Allen G. JorgensonChapter Two: Friendships of Equality: Mitratva, Hindu Traditions, and Interfaith PossibilitiesJeffery D. LongChapter Three: Civic Friendship and Reciprocity: Ancient Biblical Exhortations, Contemporary OpportunitiesAnne-Marie EllithorpeChapter Four: Becoming a Friend to the World: Santideva on “Bodhisattva Friendship”John M. ThompsonChapter Five: Sacred Fellowship Among Learners: A Kabbalistic Pedagogy for Our TimesLaura Duhan-KaplanChapter Six: God, Prophecy, and Friendship in Islam: A Theological PerspectiveHussam S. TimaniChapter Seven: Ineffable Accompaniment: Towards a Theology of Friendship and The Human AnimalDorothy DeanChapter Eight: “I have called you friends”: Friendship in the New Testament and Early ChristianityLiz CarmichaelChapter Nine: Seeking God Together in Christ

Multireligious Reflections on Friendship: Becoming Ourselves in Community is a unique collection of essays that deepens our understanding of friendship in the world's religions, while also offering friendship as a deep and authentic way of relating in communities of diversity. This book is a significant contribution to friendship and interfaith studies.