Welcome to the CHAI Community
Introduction
The goal of CHAI community is to extend CHAI's practices of peace to synagogue,
church and mosque communities. CHAI community can develop out of already
existing inter-religious organizations or can develop ex nihilo out of the
interests of individuals seeking to create communities of study.
The material offered here provides guidance for individuals and groups who are
interested in creating scriptural study groups in their own communities.
The button links above will provide you with an excerpt
from from Michael Cartwright's "Gathering at
the Table for Scripture Study: A Jewish-Christian Muslim Trialogue about Jonah
Texts." Michael Cartwright is currently Dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith
Relations at the University of Indianapolis. In "Gathering at the Table"
Cartwright documents and describes the development and activity of the
CHAI community he helped to develop in Indianapolis. The piece is excerpted
here to provide one working model of how to begin and practice CHAI on the
community level.
Click on "In the University" to find a piece by Chad Pecknold on CHAI in the University,
an account of his experiences with a CHAI Study Group at Cambridge.
Additionally, readers will find a more general set of guidelines for starting a
CHAI community group written by Peter Ochs, Co-Director of CHAI.
Contact Information.
For more information on how to aid your synagogue, church or mosque community in
developing CHAI study groups please contact any one of the following
individuals:
Randi Rashkover
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
York College of Pennsylvania
rrashkrov@ycp.edu
Peter Ochs
Bronfman Professor of Jewish Studies
University of Virginia
pwo3v@virginia.edu
Michael Cartwright
Dean of Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations
University of Indianapolis
mcartwright@uindy.edu
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