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A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, The Faith Club weaves the story of three women, their three religions, and their urgent quest to understand one another. After September 11, Ranya Idliby, an American Muslim of Palestinian descent,faced constant questions about Islam, God, and death from her children, the only Muslims in their classrooms. Inspired by a story about Muhammad, Ranya reached out to two other mothers to write an interfaith children's book that would highlight the connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. After just a few meetings, however, the women realized that they themselves needed an honest and open environment where they could admit -- and discuss -- their concerns, stereotypes, and misunderstandings. After hours of soul-searching about the issues that divided them, Ranya, Suzanne, and Priscilla grew close enough to discover and explore what united them. A memoir of spiritual reflections in three voices, The Faith Club has spawned interfaith discussion groups in churches, temples, mosques, and other community settings. It will make you feel as if you are eavesdropping on the authors' private thoughts, provocative discussions, and often-controversial opinions and conclusions. As the authors reveal their deepest beliefs, you watch the blossoming of a profound interfaith friendship and the birth of a new way of relating to others. And this new edition provides all the materials you need for forming your own Faith Club, including sections in Hebrew and Arabic. Pioneering, timely, deeply thoughtful, and full of hope, The Faith Club's caring message will resonate with people of all faiths.
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Customer Reviews: - warm, welcoming and thought-provoking discussion
This was such a thought provoking book! A small group of moms laying it out there for each other, discussing their respective religions and all of the similarities and unseen prejudices (and political/historical issues) that go with it. I'm still too busy processing the book to be coherent about it, but suffice to say it is a must read for anyone interested in a depth-plumbing discussion of the relationship among the Abrahamic faiths and their impact on life (and parenting) in modern America. When I put this book down I wished I had a faith club, too. I look forward to reading some of their suggestions for further research....more info - Important and entertaining
"Faith Club" successfully blended the voices of three women, who came from very different backgrounds and traditions, showing how friendship and understanding really might be the way around or through our world's tensions. I learned so much about the religious traditions that were not my own, and though none of the three are fundamentalists in their own religions, they were able to really shed light on many of the stereotypes and messages that have been spread by the more rigid believers in each of their religions. The format took some getting used to at first, but then became one of the strengths of the narrative, I think. Each woman was given her own section in each chapter, but they all three commented on the same discussions and events that they were sharing as their relationship evolved. Fascinating and actually pretty funny, at times, too!...more info - The Faith Club
This is a wonderful description of these 3 religions. It is great that someone finally put down the similarities between these 3 religions as it is far to often that all we hear in the news are the differences. Many parts of this book were so compelling that i had to put it down for an hour or two to think about what i had read and really understand all the aspects of it. Since reading it, i have spent time with people of faiths other than my own and did this with open eyes. ...more info - Overall great, but wish the Muslim perspective was better
I was happy to hear about this book after some friends and I had already been conducting a "faith club" with some ladies from my friend's church. We plan on using the book as a basis for future discussions.
However, as a practicing Muslim woman I do not feel represented by Ranya, who is completely non-practicing. In the book she states that she does not pray and has never been in a mosque in the United States because she's so afraid that people will judge her for not wearing hijab-- nonsense because every single mosque I have ever been to has plenty of women who don't wear hijab in it. She even makes the weird assertion that there is no mosque in her town (New York City!) when in fact there are probably more than 100 and there is even a large one in Manhattan. How can you even begin to speak as an American Muslim when you have absolutely no connection to either your religion or your local religious community? The Jewish woman went to a temple and the Christian woman went to a church, they weren't completely disaffected religious wanderers-- only Ranya was and this gave the impression that we're all like that. Despite the fact that she feels she can't practice her own religion or take from her own religious traditions, she feels no problem with co-opting other people's religious traditions, and so has a Christmas tree in her house, taught her kids to pray with their hands together (the Christian way) rather than with hands open (the Muslim way) and gushes about how great she felt in her visit to the church.
Sadly, I believe that the only reason this book was published by a mainstream publisher is precisely because of what Ranya herself realized in the book, which is that she gets respect from people not because of who she is as a person but because she is "not their stereotype". In other words, she asked the other members of the Faith Club if they respected her only because she was not what they imagined a "Muslim woman" to look or be like (read: doesn't wear a headscarf and is liberal and non-practicing). If the Muslim woman in this book had been practicing, confident and proud of her faith, and most especially hijab-wearing this book would have been published by an unknown publisher and would never have gotten the publicity it has. The fact is that the media prefers to talk ABOUT Muslims and especially ABOUT Muslim women, but never actually TO us. So this book leaves us with the status quo that the reader is left to rely on somebody ELSE to give an idea of how those "stereotypical" "traditional" women with scarves on their heads live, feel and think. If the reader DID actually hear FROM us instead of ABOUT us, I think the idea of "stereotype" would fall away when people would see how strong, intelligent, moderate and progressive many of us really are, instead of thinking that we're all ultra-conservative oppressed victims.
So use this book's great range of topics as the basis for discussions, but take the "Muslim perspective" with a block of salt. ...more info - Faith Club
I found this book to be wonderfully readable with a huge message that needs to be shared by millions. It is such a profoundly simple way to move to peace. Not only do they share their personal experiences they give guidance as to how each of us can use their model and transform the world!...more info - The Faith Club
This book is very informative and gives one good insight into the three faiths and how they compare. It does get a little tedious here and there but is still worth the time it takes to read it....more info - The Faith Club
The Faith Club is a true message of peace. Three women from different faith backgrounds came together in the wake of 9/11 to what was first thought to be a benign project writing a children's book. What emerged was a long, oftentimes tough journey exploring their own faiths and those of their fellow authors. Touching, sometimes painful, occasionally amusing and finally inspirational, The Faith Club intellengently explores the common ground all people of faith share. These three authors took their work seriously, seeking out spiritual directors to guide them and answer there questons. I learned a great deal about Islam and Judaism, as well as my own religion, Christianity. This is a very readable and informative book--a must read for those of us seeking peace in this very disparate world....more info - The Faith Club
I thought The Faith Club was one of the most important book I ever read. I thought the author's journey through their particular faiths was so inspiring to me because I am continually questioning my faith. I also felt that it is so important to try to understand other beliefs....more info - The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew -- Three Women Search for Understanding
This is an excellent book, full of painfully honest sharing of fears and misunderstandings from women of three different faith traditions. As each woman tries to educate the others regarding her own tradition, she comes to further clarity as well as to question what she truly believes. By the end of the book, spanning a two to three year time period, each woman comes to appreciate and respect the other two faith traditions while continuing to embrace her own as "right" for her. This book should stimulate great discussion! ...more info - A pleasure to read!
I really enjoyed this book. It was a pleasure to read. It is nice to be able to have people discuss their religions and religious differences without controversy....more info - How To Behave When We Belong Together
Shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, three women -- a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew -- decided to get together and write a children's book that would help explain to their own children and to others what their three faiths had in common. Instead their meetings turned into confrontations, often revelatory ones, about their own and one another's faiths.
The result of those meetings is "The Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew: Three Women Search for Understanding," by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner. The book is a wonderful recounting of how three women chose to behave when they decided they belonged together.
When we're trying to sort through the gray maze of difficult ethical choices, the right thing to do -- and that turns out to be the question that Winter really was asking -- is to avoid making those choices in isolation. We should have faith that, on those occasions when we fall down, our friends will help to steady us. (From a review in jeffreyseglin (dot) com)...more info - COMMENT ON COMMENTARY
This book would have been more interesting had it occured prior to 9/11. The fact that it comes after that, makes the writer Ranya appear to be fighting a cause for identity. It feels to me as though she is in need of validation from the other two 'religious representatives,' and not only religious validation, but validation as a person from the mid east region who has succeeded in the US. I could not help but feel this way through out the whole book. She was sort of whiny. She symbolized the great feud of all time. It was like the Jewish people have a seat at the big Christian table of America, why can't we. And after all their whining was done, I thought, as smart or credentialed or monied as these women seem to be, but especially as smart, which implies able to think, why haven't they figured out that the road you take to the common denominator of GOD is all a choice at some point, and the moment you choose and represent a religion, you begin to seperate yourself from your neighbor....more info - Read it, then pass it on for others to have a better understanding, too
Here is a book that is the result of three women with very different religious backgrounds coming together regularly "in search of understanding" of each others' differences. While the rest of the world battles over our differences, these women became the best of friends because of our greater similarities. They have done the tough work for us; all we have to do is read this book, feel their process and applaud their resulting interpretations of their together and individually to become good friends. Personally, I learned a lot about the Muslim and Jewish faiths that I didn't know before. The bottom line is that we are all related, really; compassion and patience can replace fears that have been amplified into terror. I find it interesting that terrorist acts seem to be in the areas of the world where women have been surpressed by men. Women are much needed to be heard for balance. I bought four copies, am keeping one, and I gave three away as gifts. I rave about this book to everyone who will listen....more info - The Faith Club
I have enjoyed this book a great deal. It is the journaling of 3 women who decide, after 911, to explore one another's belief systems in the hope of increasing understanding. Fascinating idea and a prompt for many important questions....more info - Religious Tolerance
Excellent and moving narrative of the journey of three women together, towards understanding the religious complications in today's world....more info - A Book Full of Misconceptions & Falsehoods
This book was written by three well intended women of different faiths; however, each of the women was not only ignorant of the other's religions but of their own, too. They write mostly about their own feelings and perspectives. Unfortunately, their perspectives are very limited. All three are totally uneducated in the field of religion. They modify their viewpoints and religion to fit the needs of this book. I bought the book because of the rave reviews and I am shocked that so many people fell for this nonsense. You will learn nothing factual about any of the religions in this book. It is only pure dribble....more info - Rodda Award Nomination
THE FAITH CLUB by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner been nominated for the 2009 Rodda Award sponsored by the Church and Synagogue Library Association (CSLA), an international organization serving congregational libraries of all faiths. CSLA's Rodda Award is named for Dorothy Rodda Sargent, a lifetime member and one of the founders of the organization. This award recognizes a book which exhibits excellence in writing and has contributed significantly to congregational libraries through promotion of spiritual growth. The award is given to books for adults, young adults, and children on a three-year-rotational basis. The 2009 Rodda Award focuses on books for adult readers and this year's winner will be announced at the CSLA annual conference to be held at the McKinley Grand Hotel in Canton, Ohio, July 26-28. To learn more about CSLA and the Rodda Award go to www.cslainfo.org. ...more info - The Faith Club
Three women from very different backgrounds come together weekly to learn about each others faith. At first I was disappointed when I started reading, because some of the women didn't seem to be actively practicing their faith as I had expected, but as I continued to read I found that because their faiths were being tested that they grew in their faith and compassion for each other situation and beliefs. I personally learned many new ways that the three religions are much more connected and similar than I had previously believed. I also learned more about the Muslim faith in particular. It was a good introduction and made me want to read and learn even more about the Jewish and Muslim religions. ...more info - Outstanding Book
The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and, Priscilla Warner is a book written by three woman of different religions one Catholic one Jewish and one Muslim. These three ladies wanted to start a Faith Club. They had many differences and many conflicts ensued. After they addressed their differences they sat down and wrote this remarkable book. You will get a good education on these three religions and a better appreciation for each one.
If you are still seeking God and spiritual guidance May I suggest you read my book as well. If you are searching for HOPE in a seemingly hopeless world, look no further.
...more info - great seller. book was like they said.
Seller was prompt and true to his/her word. Book was received in condition as promised. thanks....more info - Seriously better than TV
As Martin Luther King mentioned, religion is the most socially segregated dimension of our society. And after 9/11, three New York mothers of three different faiths worried that walls of silence between religious communities were a danger to their children's future. Hoping to promote some understanding by writing a book for children, these women introduced themselves and formed a committee. And near as I can tell, they never ended up writing the children's book. It's just that along the way they found something greater -- a live circle of friends where unstintingly open conversation became a process of self-discovery. As the Muslim woman of this trio, Ranya Idliby says,
"We were breaking an unspoken social rule. We were talking about God and religion at a time when the stakes were high ... Our relationship was turning into something sacred, something we called our "Faith Club". We signed no official pact, but we lived by a certain code: honesty was the first rule of the Faith Club, and with that tenet as a foundation, no topic was off limits."
I found this long running conversation surprisingly dramatic and seriously entertaining. I read it aloud with my wife, and it's better than TV. I came away suspecting that such networks of real friends are the most powerful force for security in the world. Not to mention what they can do for personal growth.
...more info - Highly recommended!
These women come together after 9/11, initially to write a book for children that would teach understanding and respect for their respective religions. Movingly, it is entirely in their voices, drawn from their weekly conversations, their journals and their reflections. They grow in sensitivity, caring and honesty with each other, and I felt as though I made their journey with them....more info - How to Water Down Your Faith in 3 Easy Steps
This was a fascinating read. I had considered it for my book club, but I wouldn't subject any friends to this propoganda. These women have their hearts in the right place - tolerance of others, but they are willing to water down or even negate their own beliefs and faith in order to get along with others. I kept waiting to read where one of the women would say to the others: "I respect your right to your beliefs, but I won't change or give up mine just to make you comfortable." The best part of this book is learning that all Muslims are not extremists! ...more info - Three real women look at interfaith relations
Three real women met for four years to explore, learn, and hash out their religious beliefs in a story that twists and turns through an array of emotions and painful growth. This book that will show you that you don't know what you think you know about these three mainstream religions. Stereotypes, fundamentalism, and modern adaptation are all examined. As the women work together - often with unhappy or upsetting results - they grow and change. An excellent book that is instructive but nonetheless a page-turner....more info - A must read search for common ground
In the "Faith Club" three women penetrate the divides of Christianity, Islam and Judaism in provocative discussions regarding individual values, history and ethics. It is refreshing to hear these three distinct voices -each unflinchingly honest and deeply impassioned, on such charged topics as cultural stereotypes and interpretations of religious texts. For a non-fiction book, the big surprise is what a gripping page-turner it is. But for all the dramatic conflict, it is the search for common ground, the hard-won bonding and respect shared by these articulate women that is most inspiring of all. It is definitely a must read, and a great one for book clubs!...more info - The Faith Club
I read this book as a part of a church book club and then was so impressed with it I decided to buy three more copies to give to friends so they could also realize that many of our pre-conceived ideas about people of other races and religions are wrong and we need to become educated about how they really are. After reading the book many find that a lot of our religions are similar and often have the same root as the beginning....more info - Excellent book
The book was great. The story of these 3 women from different faiths is something to admire..I have passed it on to a friend....more info - Religion, A Tough Topic
This book was easy to read and explained many tough perceptions in understandable language. The three women, did a commendable job. It ended on a positive note. ...more info - A matter of faith
Don't read this book for in-depth knowledge of Christianity, Judaism or Islam. And you won't find spiritual enlightment between its pages either. But what you will find is a primer, a beginner's guide to understanding that these 3 faiths are not very much different from each other after all. Regardless of our own misconceptions and stereotypes, these faiths are joined by a common thread - love for God, and for each other. Everything else is (mis)interpreted through the lens of culture, society and one's personal reading of the Tanakh, Quran or Bible.
Suzanne, Ranya and Priscilla share their journey with all the painful, uncomfortable and sensitive parts laid bare for frank and open discussion. I was particularly interested in how Ranya introduced moderate Islam to her Jewish and Christian friends, and slowly changed their long standing misperceptions. If you're keen to find out more of each religion, The Faith Club is a good start. With tips at the end for starting your own faith club....more info - Journeys of Faith
The Faith Club is an enlightening and fascinating journey of three mothers - a Muslim, a Christian,
and a Jew, and their struggles to maintain and define the meaning of faith. A must read for anyone
interested in spirituality and interfaith dialogue....more info - A Healthy Dialogue
The Faith Club offers an honest dialogue among women of different religions. As each women struggles to understand the faith of the others, she also wrestles with her own beliefs. This book would be an excellent choice for a book club or for those who would wish to engage in a similar discussion. A study guide is provided. This is an excellent model for the direction in which our polarized world needs to move....more info - FAITH CLUB
Fascinating introduction to these three religions and their connections as told by current practioners. If you wonder how you got your faith and what it really means, this is a MUST READ!
...more info - Outstanding!
If the world is going to get beyond our fears and our hate, change is going to happen in each person's heart. This book gives a personal roadmap for taking that journey. I really needed to know that others were on this journey too....more info - Read this book.
This book is worth your time. It is an honest open discussion about the three faiths. From if you want to learn more, to those who think you know it all, this is a great place to start....more info - Down-to-Earth, yet Profound
As someone who considers myself Omni-religious (altho I do belong to one specific church, I can be found at many many others), I think this is an exceptional book about three women -- good friends, who take a long hard look at one another's faith systems, personal religious beliefs and the realities of their life experiences as these experiences relate to or are affected by... religion.....
As the three women authors themselves realized -- this book was not what they had started out to create in the first place. But they certainly achieved and recieved much more in the bargain, by staying together and discussing their belief systems, their concerns and their joys -- and in the process, enlightening and inspiring one another (and the reader).
The book is revealing, profound, and as the discussions continued, the kid gloves come off and feelings. emotions, epiphanies, disagreements, anger, confusion -- all come to the surface.
As a child who was raised as a (First Generation Italian) Roman Catholic, as a toddler I always thought that only Italians could be ROMAN Catholics and all the "other Catholics" were "just plain Catholics" (LOL). As a 13 yr old, who was raised in a Jewish-Italian neighborhood of the Bronx,(back in the Pre-Ecumenical days), I caused my mother to hit the ceiling one day when I went up to her and said "I want to remain Catholic but I also want to become Jewish and I want to be Mitzvahed".
I could never understand why people I repected would favor their religion and say that everyone else was going to hell. So I was VERY happy when the First Ecumenical Council was convened. And many churches now, so it seems, have carried this ecumenism forward and have never looked back. "The Faith Club" is another continuing facet of Ecumenism - an ongoing person-to-person, one friend to another, hearts and souls bared, no holds barred, frank, sometimes very emotional, heart wrenching discussion.
As I read the book, I could identify very much with Suzanne's feelings towards her Catholic religion -- once I realized how little I identified with it (altho I am forever grateful for the beautiful rituals and the ambience of my Bronx neighborhood church, St Lucy's) I too became baptised and confirmed as an Episcopalian (one week before my birthday-- a great gift!!!), and I never looked back.
AS a child of a non-practicing Moslem father, I find great insight and comfort in Ranya's love and knowledge of her religion -- none of which was demonstrated by my Dad. But I owe my Dad a great deal -- because of HIS brand of secular ecumenism, I am able to converse (to a limited extent) with my Middle East neighbors in their language and understand some of their customs, and this too is a way to open the doors of communication -- with a smile.
I also thought Ranya, whose family had lost so much, had the coolest head, the sharpest mind, and was the most "worldly-wise" of the three; I had the utmost respect for her knowledge base.
Because of the many tensions and problems inherent in all of our daily lives today, I feel we need to reach out more to try to understand one another, to opening up constructive dialogue -- and there should be MORE discussion groups like the one that Priscilla, Ranya, and Suzanne have now made so famous.
This book made me wonder -- "How would I have fared in the middle of such discussions?" Would I have been turned off by Priscilla's temper? Would I have been upset by Suzanne's embarassment of being seen in a Temple? (I whave always loved being part of a Temple service). If I had been subjected to Ranya's coming-out-of-nowhere withering attack on my principles, would I have shrunken into the sofa cushion?
These three women bared their very souls and dared one another to reach into their hearts and souls and lay it all on the table, despite temper tantrums, or personal travail, and I think we are all the better for having read this book.
...more info - The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew
I found this engaging, satisfying, timely, and believable. The authors unfold the story of their relationship development and their personal struggles with their own and others' faiths. The honesty, directness, and sincerity of their discussions builds, for me, a model of how such discourse could proceed for many people. I find I have three new friends whose stories will remain with me and whose attitudes could heal a world of broken and conflicted faiths....more info - The Faith Club
My husband got me this book for Christmas. I finished the book a few days ago, but I wanted to absorb all that I read before I wrote a review. I went to a very small private, Catholic college that encourages interfaith discussions as well as academic study of the Bible. I was lucky enough in my college days to participate in several conversations like this book. The difference is that I did not feel my 'faith' was compromised by these discussions. I thought the the dialog in the book is what many people of all faiths are feeling, but no one is comfortable enough to express these opinions. I enjoyed the fact that these women set aside their cultural, religious & personal beliefs to learn about an unfamiliar concept. In college, along with the interfaith discussions, we also had comparitive religion classes, we looked at the Bible, the Torah & the Quran equally. They are considered religious as well as historical texts. Most of the ideas were already known to me, but it was great to see these issues in a non-academic setting. The fact that these women took their faith and religons so personally & were willing to share without judgement gives me hope that we can continue these interfaith dialogs in everyday life, not just in acadamia....more info - Inspiring book
I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered this book--- had read mixed reviews. Was pleasantly surprised to find a book detailing REAL women with REAL issues that most of us face today. This book gives humanity hope for compassion and understanding between people and their diverse faiths and beliefs. It is definitely a guidepost for the challenging but necessary path leading to understanding, acceptance,and, ultimately, peace between all people....more info - Spreading Appreciation for Others
This book is written in a way that helps the reader relate to each woman as an individual, while they blow away stereotypes about their respective religious groups. It demonstrates that getting to know each other, one on one, one at a time, really is the way to spread peace in the world. One poignant quote in the book (from a rabi): "Tolerance is too negative a word." We must do more than tolerate each other, we must appreciate, celebrate, and care about one another. And this book is a step in the right direction....more info - Book purchase
product received was as advertised, and in great condition. Would buy from this vendor again....more info - Very interesting
This book is a really easy read and it gives you a general sense of 3 different religions. It was a really good book....more info - Effective, important, not scholarly or theological
This is a book that should be read, whatever your religion or your politics, because it is engaging and effective as a place to start understanding others and evaluating ones own beliefs. A Christian, a Jew, and a Muslim each have views that get filled out and better understood over years of discourse. They are not necessarily theologically or politically correct but do represent something close to major streams of opinion in each faith while clarifying the sources and basis for differences.
It is not strictly a work about comparative religion analyzing, for example, Christian Grace and Redemption versus no original sin and works for Muslims. Nor is it a history showing the development - often misdirection - of each faith over time for many followers. It is highly personal, hence engaging.
There is more about Muslim and Jewish "Fundamentalism" than Christian (the origin of the word) because the Christian grew up as Catholic and later became Episcopalian. Politics has its place as the Palestine/Israeli question is addressed. Here too, many will not agree. Maybe THAT actually makes the book more valuable.
A quotation from the Jewish "Gates of Repentance" shows all faiths are far from living up to their own standards,
"When will redemption come?
When we master the violence that fills our world.
When we look upon others as we would have them look upon us.
When we grant to every person the rights we would claim for ourselves."
A recent BBC poll listing Israel, Iran, The USA, and North Korea as the most hated and feared countries is some measure of how each has failed badly -- and why this book is worth reading.
...more info - Book was enlightning
I read the book to better understand the Muslim faith. I got that and much more out of the book. I came to appreciate that I am a part of a much larger faith community than I originally thought. The ladies changed my mind about a lot of things. I'm a 68-year-old male and that kind of change does not always come easy but is welcomed when it happens. ...more info - An important and moving book
Socrates, who famously said, "Know thyself!" would have been humbled by the depth, passion, and penetrating insights of the spiritual journey of these three remarkable women. They emerge as passionate and deeply committed to the role of religion in public and private life - an irony some critics seem unable to appreciate. In stark contrast to the cold, atheistic world of Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett, these women understand that religion is not going to disappear any time soon, and that if enough moderate voices would join together (in faith clubs and other activities) the world would be a much better place.
As Jonathan Sacks, a leading Rabbi in England, writes, "The greatest single antidote to violence is conversation, speaking our fears, listening to the fears of others, and in that sharing of vulnerabilities sharing a genesis of hope." In the Faith Club, we see such a conversation, and the genesis of hope.
Ruth Rimm, Creator, Lost Spiritual World series...more info - One of my favorite books of this year
I initially read this book for my book club and really enjoyed it. I truly related with Ranya in her universalist beliefs. I was disappointed in my book clubs discussion, because a couple of the women weren't willing to see that other religions besides there could be "right". So, I lead a discussion for a Sunday service for my religion. I am a Unitarian Universalist, so the topic is very relevant to our spiritual search. My second read was all the better as I was able to really get to know the diversity of paths and willingness of these women to step out of their comfort zones and really put themselves on the line with each other and with their peers in their own religious and social groups. I still felt very clost to Ranya, but also started relating with Priscilla much more as a person who speaks her mind, not always to her own benefit. These are 3 women I would like to have dinner with and become a fourth in their group!...more info
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