Greenebaum, Rev. Steven (Rev. Steven Greenebaum)

Practical Interfaith: How to Find Our Common Humanity as We Celebrate Diversity Greenebaum, Rev. Steven (Rev. Steven Greenebaum) 1st edition

Interfaith as a faith can move us past preaching love to actually practicing it to affirming and supporting our own spiritual quest as we affirm and support the spiritual quests of others.

The interfaith movement is taking root. More and more of us are exploring it. Yet at the same time interfaith finds itself at a crossroads. Where do we go now? Rev. Steven Greenebaum not only suggests the faith of Interfaith as a positive way forward but also offers a practical, down-to-earth approach to a more spiritually fulfilling life.

In this accessible how-to guide, Greenebaum defines what Interfaith is a faith rooted in compassion that celebrates human diversity and what it is not you do not need to leave your spiritual tradition to embrace it. He explores what it means to practice Interfaith as a faith, the foundations needed to start an Interfaith spiritual community and what to expect as your community forms and grows. Drawing on his personal experience, he explains what goes into becoming an Interfaith minister as well as choosing the right minister for your Interfaith community. Along the way, he includes voices from Living Interfaith Church, the community he founded and that was featured in the New York Times, who share their whys and hows of participating in an Interfaith church. He also offers resources such as Interfaith liturgy and guides to Interfaith church governance.

For people of any tradition interested in exploring our diverse spiritual paths without feeling they must abandon their own, and for those who see how much hate and harm has come from exclusionary spiritual practices, Practical Interfaith offers an accessible, positive way forward from the troubled habits of our past. It moves us past throwing rocks at each other over whose spiritual path is "right" or best and helps us realize the call to love, compassion and community that dwells at the core of all our paths.