Resource books (Suggestions welcome)
All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror by Stephen Kinzer, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ 2003
Crescent & Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer 2001
Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization by Akbar S. Ahmed Brookings Institution Press 2007
Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think by John L. Esposito ,Dalia Mogahed Gallup Perss 2008
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace by Greg Mortenson
Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation by Eboo Patel
Western Muslims and the Future of Islam by Tariq Ramadan
Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary World by Carl Enrst.
Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror by Michael Scheuer anonymous
Islamic Imperialism by Efraim Karsh (Yale University Press). (distributed by IRD)
Speaking the Truth, and Risks of Faith, by James Cone
*How to be a Perfect Stranger; the Etiquette Handbook, by Stuart Mtalins and Arthur Magida.
*Relating to People of Other Religions: What every Christian needs to Know by M. Thomas Thangaraj
The Festival Year 2007 Calendar http://www.festivalshop.co.uk/ Excellent poster display chart
Middle Church, Rev. Bob Edgar, General Secretary of the National Council of Churches
Palestine, Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster
The Tent of Abraham, Sties of Hope and Peace for Jews, Christians, and Muslims, Joan Chittister,
OSB, Murshid Saadi Shakur Chisti, and Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Beacon Press
Confessing Out Faith together: A study and discussion Guide UM and ELCA online at
http://www.elca.org/ecumenical/ecumenicaldialogue/unitedmethodist/confessing-faith-f_color.pdf
All…One, That All May Be One, A Handbook for Ecumenical and Interfaith Worship, Monterey Diocese, Calif.
Deepening Faith Through Interreligious Engagement, An Introductory Seminar for Faith Communities Desiring to Explore Interreligious Engagement, Maria Hornung, MMS, Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia
*One World, Many Voices, An Interfaith Song Book, 2002 by Interfaith Center at the Presidio, San Francisco, Ca.,
Ed.- Jack W. Lundin-Welcomed by the United Religious Initiative (URI) & Parliament of the World’s Religions
Shared Wisdom, Growing Grassroots Interfaith Relationships , Paul Chaffee, Interfaith Center at the Presidio,
San Francisco, CA. 2004
Deep Religious Pluralism, edited by David Ray Griffin, 2005, Westminster John Knox Press
Ecumenical Dialogue, Angelo Maffeis 2005, Unitis Books pub. By Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn.
One With God, Veli-Matti Karkkainen, 2004, Unitis Books pub. By Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn.
God and the Gift, An Ecumenical Theology of Giving, Riso Sarrinen, 2005
Unitis Books pub. By Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minn.
Christianity Look East, Peter Feldmeier, Pulist Press, 2006
*The Concept of God in Global Dialogue, editors – Werner G Jeanrond & Aasulv Lande,
An Orbis Series – Faith Meets Faith 2005
The Ecumenical Implementations of the Discussion of "The Global Nature of the U M Church" GCCUIC
A Calling of Shalom, The Calling of Christians and Jews by a Covenanting God Philip A Cunningham, 2001 Paulist Press
Jerusalem; and A History of God by Karen Armstrong
*Battle for God Karen Armstrong
*New Religious America; How a Christian Country has become the world's most religious diverse nation by Diana Eck.
Between Two Wrolds
When Faiths Collide Martin Marty
Heart of the Temple Joan Chittister
Where God Was Born; Abraham; Walking the Bible Bruce Feiler
The Rapture Exposed Barbara Rossing
No Other Name? Paul F. Knitter
Islam, Faith and History Mohmoud M. Ayoub
A Chaplain’s Companion Judith C. Joseph
From Debate to Dialogue:Using the Understanding Process to Transform Our Conversations Deborah Flick
The Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry by Sue Annis Hammond
Turning to One Another, Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future Margaret Wheatley
How the Children Became Stars, Aaron Zerah , 2000 Sorin Books
All Kinds of Beliefs, Emma Damon, Tango Books, 2000 Sadie Fields Productions
Keepers of the Earth, Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children,
Michael J. Cadyto and Joseph Bruchac, Fulcrum Publishing 1997
Bruce Feiler: Abraham, Where God Was Born: A Journey by Land to the Roots of Religion