Hearing the call across traditions : readings on faith and service

by Adam Davis

Hardcover, 2009

Publication

Imprint: Woodstock, Vermont : SkyLight Paths Pub., 2009. Responsibility: Edited by Adam Davis with a foreword byy Eboo Patel. OCLC Number: 311230385. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xi, 337 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes appendices.

Call number

Service / Davis

Barcode

BK-05890

ISBN

9781594732645

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Engaged Practices

CSS Library Notes

Table of Contents: pt. 1. Why do I serve? Drum major instinct / Martin Luther King Jr. -- Why the Buddha had good digestion: from Avadānaśataka -- In praise of generosity: from the Rig Veda -- Solidarity, reciprocity, and sanctity: three selections from Who is man? / Abraham Joshua Heschel -- Handful of dates: in The wedding of Zein and other stories / Tayeb Salih -- Subjective necessity of social settlements: in Twenty years at Hull-House / Jane Addams -- Action and non-action / Chuang-Tzu -- Isaiah 58:2-12 -- Three poems / Shih Te -- Luke 10:25-37 -- Miserliness: from Purification of the heart / Hamza Yusuf -- River: in A good man is hard to find and other stories / Flannery O'Connor -- Compassion: from The essential Dalai Lama: his important teachings / Dalai Lama -- Joy of giving joy: from On the genealogy of morality / Friedrich Nietzsche -- Selfless service: from the Bhagavad Gita -- Surahs 93 and 107: from the Qurʼan -- Church: in The things they carried / Tim O'Brien -- Section 50: from Gitanjali: song offerings / Rabindranath Tagore -- Between / Harold M. Schulweis -- Base of all metaphysics: in Leaves of grass / Walt Whitman -- pt. 2. Whom do I serve? Good traveler has no fixed plans: in the Tao te ching / Lao-Tzu -- Faces of poverty: in Loaves and fishes / Dorothy Day -- Difference between / Hafiz -- Man to send rain clouds / Leslie Marmon Silko -- If not higher / I.L. Peretz -- Same inside: in Talking to my body / Anna Swir -- Problem of old Harjo / John Oskison -- Meditation on compassion and Not two: from Peace is every step / Thich Nhat Hanh -- Legend of the lowly devotee: in The Tiruvaçagam -- Ruth 1-4:22 -- Mexican-American and the church / Cesar Chavez -- Walk: from Leaving Yuba City / Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni -- Shopping-bag lady: in Alma / Linda Gregg -- Camel driver and the adder / Bidpai -- Rich young man on the road: from Salvation: scenes from the life of St. Francis / Valerie Martin -- Say yes quickly / Rumi -- His grace / Mikhail Naimy -- pt. 3. How do I serve? God's grandeur / Gerard Manley Hopkins -- Secret of work: in The complete works, I:3 / Swami Vivekananda -- Reb Yozifl and the contractor: in Inside Kasrilevke / Sholom Aleichem -- First days of spring / Ryokan -- Sitting with the dead: in A bit on the side / William Trevor -- Mercy: the stamp of creation / Umar Faruq Abd-Allah -- Yajna, welfare, and service: from a letter to Narandas Gandhi, October 28, 1930 / Mahatma Gandhi -- Reflections on Gandhi: from the Partisan review / George Orwell -- Levels of giving: in Mishneh Torah / Maimonides -- Buddha's last instruction: in House of light / Mary Oliver -- North light: a recollection in the present tense: in Ellis Island and other stories / Mark Helprin -- Come out and give something / Rumi -- Pure in heart: in Revelation / Peggy Payne -- House / Gabriela Mistral -- Proclamation of a national fast-day / Abraham Lincoln -- Yogi dyes his garments / Kabir -- Why I make Sam go to church: from Traveling mercies: some thoughts on faith / Anne Lamott --
Appendix I. Toward action: The Interfaith Youth Core model for interfaith reflection and service --
Appendix II. Questions for discussion --
Appendix III. Guide to readings by faith tradition and genre.

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Physical description

xi, 337 p.; 24 cm

Description

An inspiring collection of readings that will raise deep questions about service and its roots in faith. "There is a deep yearning among the vast majority of people of all religious and philosophical traditions to make real their most enduring shared principles--to care for creation, to serve others with compassion, and to protect and enhance the gift of life.... We believe that reflecting on these principles strengthens our capacity to embody them." --from the Introduction Explore the connections between faith, service, and social justice through the prose, verse, and sacred texts of the world's great faith traditions--Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism and more. Drawing from diverse literary genres, religious and philosophical perspectives and historical periods, these short and provocative readings cut to the heart of the many obstacles and joys that accompany lives devoted to faith and service: Why do I serve? * Whom do I serve? * How do I serve? This rich collection will create a platform for discussing and understanding the faith-based service of others as well as inspire you to reflect on the meaning behind your own commitment to improving the world. Contributors: Umar Faruq Abd-Allah * Jane Addams * Sholom Aleichem * Bidpai * Cesar Chavez * Chuang-Tzu * Dorothy Day * Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni * Mahatma Gandhi * Linda Gregg * Hafiz * Hamzayusuf * Thich Nhat Hanh * Mark Helprin * Abraham Joshua Heschel * Gerard Manley Hopkins * Kabir * Martin Luther King Jr. * The Dalai Lama * Anne Lamott * Lao-Tzu * Abraham Lincoln * Maimonides * Valerie Martin * Gabriela Mistral * Mikhail Naimy * Friedrich Nietzsche * Tim O'Brien * Flannery O'Connor * Mary Oliver * George Orwell * John Oskison * Eboo Patel * Peggy Payne * I. L. Peretz * Rumi * Ryokan * Tayeb Salih * Harold M. Schulweis * Leslie Marmon Silko * Anna Swir * Rabindranath Tagore * William Trevor * Shih Te * Swami Vivekananda * Walt Whitman… (more)