*Article* **A Liturgical Model for Worship in the Multireligious Context: A Case Study Based on the Interfaith Service Held on September 25, 2015, at 9/11 Museum in New York City**

**Sunggu A. Yang**

School of Theology, George Fox University, Portland, OR 97132, USA; syang@georgefox.edu

**Abstract:** This article proposes a liturgical model for multireligious worship, namely the Pilgrim's Service for the Ultimate Goodness of Humanity. Three key humanitarian liturgical principles buttress the proposed model; story-sharing, agreed symbols (metaphors), and de-centering. The model also proposes an overarching onto-narrative image—the pilgrim weaving and holding various liturgical threads as a whole. The end goals of this multireligious worship include, among others; (1) renewed awareness of the all-encompassing Transcendent and Its Peace, (2) interreligious dialogue and collaboration, (3) raised consciousness and the practice of radical hospitality for "strangers", and (4) appreciation of the (religiously) marginalized. The interfaith service held on September 25, 2015, at the 9/11 Museum in New York City is analyzed and annotated, along with further suggestions, as a demonstration of the proposed model.

**Keywords:** dialogue; religion; peace; interfaith worship; prayer

**Citation:** Yang, Sunggu A. 2022. A Liturgical Model for Worship in the Multireligious Context: A Case Study Based on the Interfaith Service Held on September 25, 2015, at 9/11 Museum in New York City. *Religions* 13: 547. https://doi.org/10.3390/ rel13060547

Academic Editor: Eunjoo Mary Kim

Received: 25 May 2022 Accepted: 9 June 2022 Published: 14 June 2022

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