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Interfaith Relations Director Shanta Premawardhana, left, with Commission Chair Barbara Brown Zikmund

The NCC Office for Interfaith Relations can provide a variety of printed resources on interfaith relations, including:

• Annotated bibliographies on: Buddhism and Christian-Buddhist Relations, Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, Judaism and Jewish-Christian Relations, and Jewish-Christian Intermarriage.
• Christians and the Holocaust, a guide for study and commemoration.
• Thinking and Working Together: Study and Action Suggestions for Jewish and Christian Congregations.
• God is One: An Introduction to Islam for Christians, R. Marston Speight.
• Concerning Means and Ends: Writings of Byron Lee Haines on Interfaith Relations, R. Marston Speight, editor.

The NCC's Policy on "Interfaith Relations and the Churches" along with a theological commentary, study guide and related liturgy are available on this Web site.

In addition, two new videos may be of interest:

• "A Spiritual Journey: Interfaith Perspectives," which explores seven religious traditions. Based on the experience of twenty-five Americans from various walks of life, who spent seven Saturdays immersed in seven different religious communities, the 34-minute video weaves together glimpses of their interfaith experience and the insights of the religious leaders who met with them. A joint production of Auburn Theological Seminary, the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute, and the Temple of Understanding, it is available for $35.00 from the Temple of Understanding, 720 Fifth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10119, or via e-mail at templeunderstanding@prodigy.net. The accompanying study guide is designed to encourage discussion and a variety of interfaith activities, and to equip viewers to create a program of interfaith exploration in their own communities. This is a very good resource for an introductory study of religious diversity in the U.S.

• "Jews and Christians: A Journey of Faith," a 90-minute, in-depth inquiry into the intertwined history of Jews and Christians. Produced by Auteur Productions, and based on the book by Marvin Wilson, Our Faither Abraham: Jewish Roots of the Christian Faith, this video offers helpful insight into how Christianity and Judaism have defined themselves and developed in close sibling relationship. It shows the similarities and differences in liturgical practice, piety and theology that have been so often misunderstood in the long relationship between Christians and Jews, and includes footage of today's hopeful Christian-Jewish dialogues. A guide with additional written material is also available. For more information go to www.jewsandchristiansjourney.com.
   

You also may find Living Faithfully in The United States Today a helpful model for designing a multi-religious conversation in your community:

The NCC's Office for Interfaith Relations cooperated with the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research in Collegeville, MN, to hold two multi-religious consultations on this theme in the summers of 2000 and 2001.

A group of Buddhists, Christians, Hindus, Jews, Muslims and Native Americans lived together for two weeks, and discussed the question, "What does it mean to live as people of faith in the United States today?"

The descriptive report that came out of these consultations can be ordered from the NCC Office Interfaith Relations, or found on the website of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research: www.iecr.org