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Scriptural Reasoning (SR) is one of the most innovative and influential developments in interfaith practice in recent decades. Originating in the late 1990s at the University of Cambridge, SR brings together Jews, Christians, and Muslims to read and discuss their sacred texts together — not to reach agreement, not to convert one another, but to deepen understanding, build friendships, and discover unexpected resonances and productive disagreements across the Abrahamic traditions. This lesson examines the origins of SR in the work of David Ford and others, the Cambridge practice, the methodology of reading across traditions, and the concept of the hermeneutical community.
Scriptural Reasoning emerged from the collaboration of three scholars:
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