Stories That Bring Us Together
For five years, the Fetzer Institute has brought together scholars and spiritual leaders from nine world religious traditions to explore a simple but profound idea: what happens when we listen to one another’s sacred stories?
The result is Retelling Sacred Stories: Our Journeys to a Shared Sacred Story, a landmark volume that gathers these diverse voices into a conversation about solidarity, shared flourishing, and care for the Earth. Each story reflects its tradition’s understanding of the Sacred while inviting us all into a larger story — one that honors each faith and opens the door to new ways of thinking about science, spirituality, and how we live together. Order Now
This is more than a book. It is an invitation: to witness, to reflect, and to imagine a world strengthened by the wisdom of many traditions.
As Dr. William F. Vendley, Vice President of World Religions and Spirituality at the Fetzer Institute shared: “This book represents one of the most ambitious interfaith collaborations of our time. Each tradition’s retelling honors its own lineage while contributing to a shared sacred narrative for humanity that readers are encouraged to read through the lens of their sacred tradition and/or experience. Our hope is that these stories will inspire deeper empathy, solidarity, and a renewed sense of the Sacred in public and private life.”
