Being Both, Susan Katz Miller
Being Both, Susan Katz Miller
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Being Both
Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family,10th Anniversary Edition

Author: Susan Katz Miller

Narrator: Susan Katz Miller

Unabridged: 8 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Susan Miller

Published: 12/12/2023

Synopsis

Being Both: Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family chronicles the rise of a growing grassroots movement: interfaith families choosing to celebrate both religions. Miller interweaves her own story with original reporting, and with hundreds of responses from original surveys of parents who chose both religions, and of their grown interfaith children.She describes the formation of communities across the country, pioneering interfaith education for interfaith children, and how interfaith children can grow up to be ambassadors and peacemakers. The result is the first book by an adult interfaith child to advocate for the right of families to claim, and embrace, both family religions. Being Both is also the first book to give voice to a new generation of interfaith children growing up with formal interfaith education, as many of them move beyond traditional religious labels to claim more complex, flexible, or fluid spirituality.Included here is an Author’s Note written specifically for this 10th Anniversary audiobook edition. It reflects on how the interfaith families landscape has changed in the past decade, and why this book is still essential.

About Susan Katz Miller

Susan Katz Miller is a former Newsweek reporter. She is considered the country’s foremost expert on interfaith families who celebrate more than one religion, and speaks and teaches across the country on this topic. She has appeared on the Today Show, NPR’s All Things Considered, in The New York Times, and many other media outlets. Miller was born into an interfaith family, and is an interfaith parent of two adult children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Tucker

I received a free copy of this book from Beacon Press through the Goodreads "First Reads" giveaway program. Many people were raised by parents of different faiths, or have married someone of a different faith and are raising their own children with multiple traditions, yet the topic of interfaith ide......more

Goodreads review by Tom

(nb: I received an advance review copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss) You finally meet “the one,” that person you love more than anyone else you’ve ever met. You finish each other’s sentences, love the same food, love to dance with one another, and can’t imagine ever being apart. It’s......more

Goodreads review by Leah

The idea one could be "both/and" in terms of serious religious affiliation intrigues me! I'm aware of (for example) of Christians with Buddhist leanings, of the fact Christianity originally was far more Hebrew than it was Greek in worldview and sensibility. I've known several "mixed" Protestant-Roma......more

Goodreads review by J.

I highly recommend this book for all partners seeking to bridge multiple religious, spiritual, or moral frameworks within one family. This work is particularly pertinent for families with children who are discerning and weighing the questions and benefits of both/and. Being Both includes an extensiv......more

Goodreads review by Margaret

This book challenges me to think further outside the box. I was one of those rabbis who was always told families should pick one religion or it will confuse the children. This book argues cogently maybe not. I serve an independent congregation with a high percentage of interfaith families depending......more

Quotes

“An insightful examination of one way that religious beliefs are shaping American families.” Kirkus Reviews

“Miller gathered the stories of how these families successfully raised children who are happily interfaith and intend to raise interfaith children themselves. Miller concludes this fine resource with a look at the next wave of, this time, Christian-Muslim and Christian-Hindu interfaith families.” Booklist

“Miller’s enthusiasm and exhilaration at the prospect of a new generation of interfaith Americans ‘healing the world’ is cause for celebration.” Library Journal

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