"This book . . . is intended for all readers who are prepared to explore—or perhaps better, experience—the shared sacred narrative with an open heart and mind."—Celia E. Deane-Drummond, director, Laudato si' Research Institute, Oxford

"The overall aim of this project aligns with the Qur'anic call for Muslims to cooperate among themselves and with followers of other religions in promoting goodness, peace, righteousness, and piety, as expressed in God's words: 'And cooperate in righteousness and piety' (Qur'an 5:2)."—H.E. Shaykh Abdalla bin Bayyah, President of the Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace

"The creators of this volume . . . offer an experience of the Sacred—a telling of the story of the awakening and surrendering of the heart to the Sacred. . . . I want to testify that I was moved."—Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, president, J.J. Greenberg Institute for the Advancement of Jewish Life

"What makes this work particularly significant is its radical inclusivity. [It] offers us a reminder that our very survival depends on us recovering a sense of the Sacred. . . ."—Roshi Joan Halifax, abbot, Upaya Zen Center  

"Provides a totally new horizon. . . . This is nothing less than a quantum leap." —Arvind Sharma, professor, comparative religion, McGill University

"Traveling through the heat and drought of modernity, I find fresh, sweet waters in Retelling Sacred Stories."—Melissa K. Nelson, professor, indigenous sustainability, Arizona State University

A major multi-religious labor to retell stories drawn from nine traditions to facilitate Sacred-based solidarity for shared flourishing among all people and the Earth.

Over the last five years, The Fetzer Institute, a philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping build the spiritual foundation for a loving world, has sponsored a multi-year project titled "Our Shared Sacred Story." Gathering teams of scholars and spiritual leaders from all the major world religious traditions, each team was assigned the task of composing a "story" that shares their respective tradition's experience of the Sacred and how it can support shared flourishing. The volume begins with an effort to tell a "shared sacred story" that respects each religion's integrity and calls for a new philosophy of science open to the Sacred.

Cover design: Stephanie Mautone, with contributions from Mohammed Mohammed and Roberto Lara

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