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SUMMARY:Exploring the sacred in human relations: a scholar–practitioner 
 panel on sacred stories\, arts and better futures
LOCATION:Cambridge University: Faculty of Divinity
DESCRIPTION:Across five years\, the Fetzer Institute commissioned teams of
  scholars who are also practitioners of their faith tradition to retell sa
 cred stories. The challenge was to do this in a way faithful to their trad
 ition\, but also accessible to outsiders. The hope was to generate and str
 engthen a shared sense of the sacred\, sufficient to bring people together
  in pursuit of a better future for all—people and planet. The resulting 
 book Retelling Sacred Stories (Orbis Books 2025) has ten chapters\, each u
 sing the art of storytelling to convey the values of a given tradition. To
  maximise inclusiveness\, the opening story is offered as a shared narrati
 ve\, one that may resonate with people of any faith or none. Space is also
  given to indigenous and interspiritual perspectives alongside major world
  religions. At this event\, we invite local scholar–practitioners to ref
 lect on this approach and the potential of storytelling and the arts to co
 nnect us with a shared sense of the sacred. Can sacred connections help us
  toward a better shared future? In the face of seemingly intractable probl
 ems\, what might tending to the sacred achieve? Panellists Dr Ankur Barua 
 is University Lecturer in Hindu Studies at the University of Cambridge. Hi
 s research explores Hindu traditions in South Asia and transnational conte
 xts. He also writes historical fiction\, including The Harvest of Time (20
 23). Dr Giles Waller is Senior Teaching Associate and Research Associate i
 n Christian Theology and Theology & Literature at Cambridge. His work focu
 ses on Christian doctrine\, philosophy\, tragedy\, and the arts. Rabbi Dr 
 Lindsey Taylor?Guthartz is a scholar of contemporary Jewish life and an Or
 thodox rabbi. She is the author of Challenge and Conformity\, exploring th
 e lives of Orthodox Jewish women. Riya Kartha is a poet\, educator\, and P
 hD researcher in Education at Cambridge\, working on spirituality\, arts?b
 ased learning\, and peace education. She co?chairs the Cambridge Peace and
  Education Research Group. Dr William (Bill) Vendley is Secretary General 
 Emeritus of Religions for Peace\, and Senior Advisor for Religion at the F
 etzer Institute\, with decades of experience in multi?religious peacebuild
 ing worldwide. Partners This event is organised in collaboration with the 
 Fetzer Institute and the Faraday Institute\, as part of a UK series inspir
 ed by Retelling Sacred Stories and coordinated by Mark Vernon in associati
 on with Theos.
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