ABSTRACT
People are Christians by virtue of having been chosen by Yahweh in the same way as is true of members of the Jewish race. The split between Judaism and Christianity impoverishes both religions. Judaism has maintained its religion within the family and therefore its values are located in the relationships between people within that structure. Jews need the vision of the Christian and Islamic mystics and Christians and Muslims need to place their insight within the emotional bonds existing between family members. The primitive elements are even more manifest in Islam than in Judaism and Christianity. Believers in the Judaeo-Christian tradition need to take to heart the words of Bede Griffiths: In almost every country people of different religions and of no religion are meeting with one another and being compelled to face their differences. For a Christian and for members of the other Semitic religions this presents a real problem.
