{"product_id":"9781550925029","title":"The Interfaith Alternative: Embracing Spiritual Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance, and compassion. Yet three thousand years after Moses, twenty-five hundred years after the Buddha, two thousand years after Jesus, and fifteen hundred years after Muhammad, we are still divided by our differences. Religious intolerance, discrimination, even persecution and violence make up the not-so-golden rule.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Interfaith Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e shows us how we can celebrate each other without fear of losing our own identity. It illuminates the path to creating a nurturing spiritual community that honors and includes all religious languages—an alternative to Jews worshiping only with Jews, Christians with Christians, and Muslims with Muslims. In doing so, it demonstrates that through coming together in a mutually supportive environment we can concentrate on our shared desire to remake the world into a compassionate, loving place.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt its core, Interfaith is about community and justice. Once we truly embrace diversity, we embrace our common humanity. A powerful antidote to the current climate of fear and mistrust, \u003ci\u003eThe Interfaith Alternative\u003c\/i\u003e argues that it is not \u003ci\u003ehow\u003c\/i\u003e we encounter the sacred, but what we \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e about it that counts—there are positive alternatives to religious lines in the sand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven Greenebaum\u003c\/b\u003e is an Interfaith minister whose experiences directing choirs of different faiths and denominations have helped him to understand the profound wisdom of many spiritual traditions. Steven has dedicated his life to working for social and environmental justice. He is the founder of the Living Interfaith Church in Lynnwood, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165375709424,"sku":"9781550925029","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781550925029_p0.jpg?v=1763752263","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781550925029","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}