As the former president of the Faith Alliance of Metro Atlanta, I agree that impactful exchanges when multiple faiths are participating together. At our FAMA gatherings we have had Sikhs, B'ahais, Hindus, Christians, Pagans, Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists and Unitarians--and then many denominations with some of the faiths.
This trip came out of the recognition that developmentally Judaism, Christianity and Islam are related and share stories, holy sites, practices and beliefs because of how we all originated. With the common understanding of Abraham as a uniting patriarch there is the possibility for us to be able to see our religious genetics changed within each other.
This does not mean that there will never be a WP trip for more than just the 3 Abrahamic faiths, in fact, I hope there will be one soon. Instead, in allows us to go a bit more deeply rather than spaciously--both approaches have merit.
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