I recently found the website Scriptural Reasoning from Usama Hasan’s blog. It looks very interesting. It was started by some Jewish, Christian and Muslim scholars who wanted to better understand one another’s faiths. So they began to meet together and read about different topics from their holy books. Now there are other small groups doing the same thing.
They say that their deepest purpose is “to offer the broader public a way of practicing peace at a time of inter-religious tension and conflict.” On the site they have “text bundles” you can download about different topics. Each bundle includes Jewish tests, Christian texts, and Islamic texts that speak to the specific topic. Topics include: Common Humanity, Money and Debt, Repentance and others.
In the future I hope to go through these texts more and perhaps will blog about some of it.
So glad to see you discovered this, Dustin! I’ve been part of a SR group in Harrisonburg, VA since last fall and it really is a fascinating exercise. I’d be glad to talk more about it if you’d like.
Brian,
I would love to hear more from you. Would you be willing to post more here? Tells us about the group you are part of and what topics you have been looking at.