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The New Story about the Oldest Story in the World... Uniting Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, this book teaches how early mystics--including Jesus--may have meditated in the three great religions springing from the Middle East. World-renowned religion scholar Neil Douglas-Klotz finds...(more) that all three faiths, in spite of differences, share an emphasis on the story of creation and sacred beginnings. Over the centuries, he points out, Westerners have progressively lost this sense, instead emphasizing apocalyptic endings. Now Dr. Douglas-Klotz seeks to reclaim the life-affirming energy of "beginning time," so that we can experience its creative power for ourselves--and perhaps for our world.(less)