{"product_id":"9781935604716","title":"Beyond the Golden Rule: A Jewish Perspective on Dialogue and Diversity","description":"Commonalities were also the focus of interreligious conferences that I attended both in Europe and the United\u003cbr\u003eStates. Peace and social justice, topics that fostered general agreement, were the dominant themes. The \"Golden\u003cbr\u003eRule,\" (do unto others as you would have others do unto you) which was seen as the root of all positive religious messages, was often highlighted as an ethic that united\u003cbr\u003eJews, Muslims and Christians - it was rare at that time,\u003cbr\u003edue perhaps to relatively small populations, for Eastern religion to be represented at events. The conferences aimed, and to a great extent for participants succeeded,\u003cbr\u003ein creating a united sense of vision and mission for religion in the late twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003eYet, after several years of interfaith work, I began to realize that I knew as little about Christianity and Islam\u003cbr\u003e(not to mention Buddhism, Sikhism and Hinduism) as\u003cbr\u003eI had before I began. All I knew was that we shared the\u003cbr\u003e\"Golden Rule,\" and a united vision to end poverty and war. Was this the sum total of religion; are we really all the same, with just a few unimportant particularities, or are the particularities important? Are they in actuality the essences that define us?\u003cbr\u003e-- David Kunin","brand":"World Arts Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49810507268336,"sku":"9781935604716","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781935604716","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}