EAST-WEST INTERFAITH SEMINARY
A GLOBAL PROGRAM
READING REQUIREMENTS
Sacred Scriptures - Many of these are available on the web at no cost
Analects of Confucius
Bhagavad Gita
Dhammapada
Gospel of Thomas
Hebrew Scriptures
Qur'an
Tao Te Ching
Torah
Vedas
Reference * is required reading
*The Metaphysical Bible Dictionary
*The Lamsa Bible (A direct translation of sacred scripture from the Aramaic) and its companion reference books on the Hebrew scriptures and the Christian Scriptures
*The Other Bible
*How to Be a Perfect Stranger by Matlins and Magada-this is a valuable reference book available in many public libraries.
*Culture and Nursing Care UCSF Nursing Press.
Universality of Spirit (Choose at least one of these)
Living Religions by Mary Pat Fisher.
Source Book for the Community of the World's Religions (CoNexus Press).
The World's Religions by Huston Smith.
Essential Books
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda.
*Creation Spirituality by Matthew Fox.
The Jew in the Lotus by Roger Kamenetz.
No Boundary by Ken Wilbur.
On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross.
The Road Less Traveled and Further Along the Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck.
*The Soul's Almanac: A Year of Interfaith Stories, Prayers and Wisdom by Aaron Zerah.
This Longing: Versions of Rumi by Coleman Barks and John Moyne.
*Weddings from the Heart by Daphne Kingma.
*When Women Were Priests by Karen Jo Torjesen.
Interfaith Calendars (choose at least one of these)
Multifaith Calendar
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year