Stor e Telling October November December 2016: Interfaith Storytelling

Grace
by
Eric Enstrom, 1918

This is the final installment of my 2016 Stor e Telling columns for the National Storytelling Magazine. The theme of this issue was Interfaith Storytelling and I being with  resources to complement the Interfaith Storytelling theme for this issue.

Doho International Center for Interfaith Dialogue – You will find many resources at this site, including access to their journal publication, books, newsletter and more.
http://www.dicid.org/english/index.php

Inspired to Serve – “This resource provides the rationale, practical steps, and tools needed to engage in youth-led interfaith service-learning.” Make sure to visit their Tools and Resources page, full of valuable information.

http://www.inspiredtoserve.org/

Interfaith.org – “The world’s largest, independent faith website. Explore the world's major religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shinto, Sikhism, Taoism.” There are also resources on ancient mythology, alternative spirituality and a library. http://www.interfaith.org/

Interfaith Youth Core – A useful site for those who wish to learn more about bringing interfaith cooperation to university campuses, and their surrounding communities. It provides webinars, podcasts, videos, classroom tools, downloadable PDFs, and a library of useful resources. https://www.ifyc.org/the-interfaith-story

Spiritual Stories.com – A variety of stories, Buddhist, Zen, Sufi, Jewish, Christian and Nasreddin await you.

http://tinyurl.com/6qv2eu

BOOKS 

Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action

http://tinyurl.com/hhdp73p

Journey Into an Interfaith World: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in a World Come of Age

http://tinyurl.com/gukbzxc

Children’s Books with Muslim and Related Cultural Themes 

http://www.rukhsanakhan.com/muslimbooklist/Muslimbooklist.pdf

November 17 is Homemade Bread Day; I offer you some delicious stories to feast upon.

The Baker’s Daughter - England

http://tinyurl.com/gopp5pj

The Dream Bread – Seven stories on the theme by D.L. Ashliman.
http://tinyurl.com/zymbe63

The Dun Horse - Russia
http://tinyurl.com/66tm5m5

Five Loaves - Romania

http://tinyurl.com/zjjsknc

The Icon’s Warm Bread – Greece
http://tinyurl.com/mqsv3jd

The King’s Loaves – Afghanistan
http://tinyurl.com/zp73fx7

December 14 is International Monkey Day so peel a banana and celebrate!

The Dragonflies and the Monkeys – Philippines
http://tinyurl.com/jmvyha7

The Frog and the Black-Handed Monkey - Africa

http://tinyurl.com/j7rcy54

The Birds and the Shivering Monkeys - India
http://tinyurl.com/j6u9w83

The Elephant and the Monkey - India

http://tinyurl.com/j35fhwg

How the Monkeys Saved the Fish – Tanzania
http://tinyurl.com/jq88xvf

The Monkey and the Lion – Bahrain
http://tinyurl.com/jefhzvp

The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab - Japan

http://tinyurl.com/qy7ze3y

Why the Banana’s Belong to the Monkey – Brazil
http://tinyurl.com/jxqeub7

Monkeying Around: Songs and Fingerplays for the Wee Ones – A blog post I put together for our younger audiences.

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2015/12/monkeying-around-songs-and-fingerplays.html

SOMETHING EXTRA

Jewish Fairytales and Legends by Gertrude Landa, 1919.  Tales from the Talmud and Midrash, “infused with the perennial Jewish struggle for survival and dignity, as well as a large helping of gentle humor.”
http://tinyurl.com/5s762z

Once Upon a Time – A Collection of Buddhist Stories – “…simple and yet moving stories…pointing fingers to the gateway of spirituality.”
http://tinyurl.com/j4mtykc

Speak Bird, Speak Again - A book of Palestinian Arab Folktales from Ibrahim Muhawi and Sharif Kanaana.
http://tinyurl.com/hcxgs2x

If you missed the other installments from 2016, the links below will take you to each one.

Stor e Telling August September 2016: Environmental Stories

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/04/stor-e-telling-august-september-2016.html

Stor e Telling June July 2016: Reprise

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/02/stor-e-telling-june-july-2016-reprise.html

Stor e Telling: April May 2016: Storytelling World Awards
http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/stor-e-telling-april-may-2016.html

Stor e Telling January February March 2016 - Humor

http://karenchace.blogspot.com/2017/01/stor-e-telling-january-february-march.html

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