Abrahamic Family Reunion

The following two readings layout the core themes that drive the Abrahamic Family Reunion

• Chapter 12: Jewish-Muslim Relations: Middle East, from The Crescent and the Couch: Crosscurrents Between Islam & Psychoanalysis, edited by Salman Akhtar. Read the Summary>>

• Uniting the Children of Abraham is the title of an interview with Joseph Montville conducted by Jamie Glazov of Front Page Magazine. The article was first printed on November, 4th 2005. The transcript of their discussion is below. Read the summary>> You can also view this on Front Pages website by clicking here>>

Additional texts that lay the groundwork for AFR theory:

• The following is an important chapter by Julia Chaitlin of the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development. The chapter titled “From Prophecies of War to Possibilities of Peace: Building Bridges Between Jewish-Israelis and Palestininans,” can be found in the new book, No Going Back: Letters to Pope Benedict XVI on the Holocaust, Jewish – Christian Relations & Israel. Edited by Carol Rittner and Stephen D. Smith. Published by Quill Press.

• The annual meeting of the International Council of Christians and Jews in Istanbul, in June 2010 was the first time the ICCJ, founded in 1947, met in a majority Muslim country, under the key Qur’anic title “So That You May Know One Another.” In her keynote speech Susannah Heschel refers to her legendary father, the late Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who was one of the greatest American Abrahamic moral leaders in teaching and practice in the twentieth century. He spread his arms wide to embrace all of God’s children. Susannah is a distinguished teacher and scholar in her own right as you will see. We are honored to be able to share her talk with our network.

The readings listed below are from the portfolio of Project Director, Joseph Montville.

All are in downloadable PDF or Word document format.

• Healing the Family of Abraham – A Political Psychology Approach to Jewish – Christian – Muslim Reconcliation. Keynote address to the International Society of Political Psychology at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. July 16, 2009. Read the summary>>

• Mutiple Religious Belonging: Compassion, Life and Death. Keynote Address to the 2009 Costas Consultation on Global Mission – Sponsored by the Schools of the Boston Theological Institute. February 27, 2009 at Episcopal Divinity School. Read the summary here>>. You can also read the full text in BTI’s Magazine, Fall 2009>>

• The Science Behind Reconciliation from No Enemy to Conquer: Forgiveness in an Unforgiving World (2009) edited by Michael Henderson. Read the summary>>

• Who Commands the Faithful? - Book Review of Commander and the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd El-Kader, By John W. Kiser. Read more about this text by visiting Kiser’s website, True Jihad. Read the summary>>
  

• Religion and Peacemaking from Forgiveness & Reconciliation: Religion, Public Policy and Conflict Transformation (2001), edited by Raymond Helmick Rodney Peterson. Read the summary>>

• Psychoanalysis and Peacemaking in Traumatized Societies: Healing History a speech presented at the Vienna Freud Conference on May 13, 2006. Read the summary>>

• Justice and the Burdens of History from Reconciliation, Coexistence and Justice in Interethnic Conflict: Theory & Practice (2001), edited by Mohammed Abu-Nimer. Read the summary>>

• Reconciliation as Realpolitik: Facing the Burdens of History in Political Conflict Resolution from Identity, Morality and Threat: Studies in Violent Conflict (2004), edited by Daniel Rothbart and Karyna Korostelina. Read the summary>>

• The Healing Function in Political Conflict Resolution from Conflict Resolution: Theory & Practice, Integration & Application (1993), edited by Dennis Sandole and Hugo van der Merwe. Read the summary>>

• The Pathology and Prevention of Genocide from the Psychodynamics of International Relationships Vol II: Unofficial Diplomacy at Work (1991), edited by Vamik D. Volkan, Joseph Montville and Demetrios A. Julius. Read the summary>>

• Complicated Mourning and Mobilization for Nationalism from Social Pathology in Comparative Perspective: The Nature and Psychology of Civil Society, edited by Jerome Braun. Read the summary>>

• Track II Diplomacy: The Work of Healing History from the Changing Nature of Diplomacy 2006,  7 (2). Read the summary>>

• Psychoanalytic Enlightenment and the Greening of Diplomacy. From The Psychodynamics of International Relationships: Concepts & Theories by Vamik D. Volkan, Joseph Montville and Demetrios A. Julius. Read the summary>>

• The Arrow and the Olive Branch:A Case for Track Two Diplomacy. Read the summary>>

• Preventative Diplomacy: Advancing the Abrahamic Family Reunion. This speaking event was hosted by the Alaskan World Affairs Council in Anchorage on May 22, 2009. KSKA Public Radio aired the recording on May 28. Click on the link to listen to the mp3.

• Hope & Healing: Black, White and Native American. Keynote address delivered in June 2011 at the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation.