One God, Shared Hope: Twenty Threads Shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 150 pages
• Published by: Red Wheel May 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1590030516
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1590030516
• Book Dimensions: 7 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Weighs: 6.2 ounces

Product Description
In One God, Shared Hope, Maggie Oman Shannon presents twenty principles shared by Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and provides passages from each religion's holy scriptures to illustrate their commonalities. The book is organised in three sections, Concerning God, Concerning Others, and Concerning Self. Taken together, the principles teach us how to live, how to connect to each other, and how to connect with God.

Reader Reviews
"One God, Shared Hope" invites us to share a thoughtful, from the heart conversation about what it means to be a person of faith, and how that meaning resonates and echoes among Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The desire to do good, to know and love God, to be faithful and to flow love from our hearts for all of God's creation is universal. The more we think we are different, the more we are really the same. The similarities in the scriptures of our faiths vividly affirm how alike we really are. The book is easily read from beginning to end, or better yet, can be used as a starting point for personal meditation upon any one of the twenty "threads" Oman Shannon uses to weave this luminous cloth. There are even threads within the threads. When brought together, the depth of color and texture invites one back again and again, each time something a little bit different allowing itself to be seen. I've read other books about the unifying themes of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. They seemed over-arching in theme and somewhat abstract. Oman Shannon speaks to me, as one person of faith to another, inspiring and encouraging me along the way, so that I may also inspire and encourage. And isn't that what it's all about?