ABSTRACT
In our globalizing world, positive change in communities and society requires, among other things, leadership from grassroots clerics who have real relationships with clerics of other faiths. The difficult question that arises in living next door to as many people with different faiths as we have today is, “what does it look like to love your neighbor?” Covenantal pluralism doesn’t just happen on its own; it requires cross-cultural religious literacy applied in multi-faith engagement, where the role of local clergy is often critical. In this chapter I offer reflections on my own experiences and lessons I’ve learned in multi-faith engagement around the world. I draw in particular on my experiences both domestically and globally through Multi-Faith Neighbors Network, an organization I co-founded with Imam Mohamed Magid and Rabbi David Saperstein.
