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The Abrahamic Family Reunion (AFR)
Third Annual Conference at Esalen Institute
March 29 to April 2, 2009
Conference Summary Contents
Overview and Objectives
Healing the Shadows of the Abrahamic Faiths
Best Practices
A. Processes
Meditation & Prayer
Appreciative Inquiry
Conversation among Abrahamic Faiths
Practicing Nonviolence
Constellations
Case Study in Interfaith Challenges
Abrahamic Journey of Mercy, Truth Peace and [...]
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Summary for the March 23 to 26, 2008
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Focus Group
Co-Sponsored by TRACK TWO: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy
With generous support from the Fetzer Institute
Organized and Facilitated by
Joseph V. Montville
Summary Written by Frank Poletti
Introduction
This is a summary of the second gathering in an ongoing series of conferences that are [...]
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Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
Beyond Fundamentalism Project
Directed By Joe Montville
Summary for the January 14 to 16, 2007 Conference Titled:
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Starts with Christian Peace Conference
On January 14-16, 2007 in wind-swept and snowy South Bend, Indiana, the first spin-off event of the CTR/Track II Beyond Fundamentalism project emerged [...]
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Summary for the September 10-14, 2006
Symposium on Jewish Fundamentalism
Hosted by Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
Organized and Facilitated by Joseph V. Montville
Written by Jacob Sherman
Introduction
The Duke literary theorist Stanley Fish recounts a phone call he received on the occasion of his friend Jacques Derrida’s death. Fish was called [...]
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Summary for the April 2-7, 2006
Christian Fundamentalism Conference
Hosted by Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
Written by Jacob Sherman
Introduction
No sensitive observer of contemporary events will deny the crucial role that religion plays in shaping our postmodern world both for better and for worse. The once popular notion that, as [...]
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Report on the Islamic Fundamentalism Symposium
Hosted by Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
September 4-9, 2005
Summary Written by Joe Montville
Esalen’s project on religious fundamentalism paid off handsomely with the workshop on Muslim fundamentalism, September 4-9, 2005. We believe that because of it, new possibilities for peace and reconciliation have [...]
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Summary for the September 4 to 9, 2005
Islamic Fundamentalism Conference
Hosted by Esalen’s Center for Theory and Research (CTR)
Written by Jacob Sherman
Introduction and Biographies
The Esalen Center for Theory and Research and its ally in this regard, TRACK TWO: A Center for Citizen Diplomacy, have a long, genuinely distinguished history of [...]
Abrahamic Family Reunion
A Project of the Esalen Institute Center for Theory and Research And
TRACK TWO: An Institute for Citizen Diplomacy
Joseph V. Montville, Project Director
The Abrahamic Family Reunion (AFR) project offers ways to use psychological and spiritual approaches in reconciling conflicts among Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the United States. AFR emphasizes [...]
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Upcoming Events
Past Events
November 15, 2009 – Sounds of Faith - Chicago – A unique experiential journey of Sound expressions of Abrahamic traditions…making peacefully respectful co-existence possibilities for us all – [...]
Joseph V. Montville
is director of the Abrahamic Family Reunion, the Esalen Institute project to promote Muslim-Christian-Jewish reconciliation. He is also Senior Adviser on Interfaith Relations at Washington National Cathedral, and has appointments at American and George Mason Universities. Montville founded the preventive diplomacy program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in [...]
