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Humanity before God

Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics
  • ISBN-13: 9780800638221
  • Publisher: 1517 MEDIA
    Imprint: FORTRESS PRESS
  • By Michael Johnson, By Kevin Jung, By William Schweiker
  • Price: AUD $62.99
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  • Local release date: 16/06/2006
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 336 pages Weight: 490g
  • Categories: Islam [HRH]Judaism [HRJ]
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Does religious extremism represent an inevitable consequence of firmly held beliefs in life-and-death situations? Is there a way out? Gathering ethicists and scholars from the three major and often conflicting monotheistic traditions, each was asked to correlate a religious tradition's sacred texts and tradition with the contemporary world's pluralism and claims about the inalienable sanctity and dignity of human life. The result is that the reader sees "human life before God" in new and profound ways.
William Schweiker is one of the leading theological ethicists in North America. He is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago, USA. Michael Johnson is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, USA. Kevin Jung recently received his doctorate in Religious Ethics from the University of Chicago and is Spruill Fellow at Emory University, USA.
Contributors IntroductionPART ONE: THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF HUMAN BEING Monotheism and Humanism, Hilary Putnam Human Vicegerency: A Blessing or a Curse? The Challenge to Be God's Caliph in the Qur'an, Abdulaziz Sachedina Embodying God's Image: Created, Broken, and Redeemed, Lisa Sowle Cahill The Image of God and the Human Ideal: Reflections from the Varieties of Judaism, Michael Fishbane Distinctive Love: Gratitude for Life and Theological Humanism, William Schweiker The Image, the Glory, and the Holy: Aspects of Being Human in Biblical Thought, Tikva Frymer-Kensky Creation and Initiative: A Reading of Ricoeur's Ethics of Originary Affirmation, Michael A. Johnson PART TWO: HUMANITY IN CREATION The Humanistic Ethic: Jewish Reflections, Paul Mendes-Flohr Common Morality, Premoral Goods, and Religion, Kevin Jung Natural-Law Judaism? The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass, Lawrence Vogel Divine Justice and the Human Order: An Islamic Perspective, Azizah Y. al-Hibri Religion, Human Rights, and Secularism: Preliminary Clarifications and Some Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Responses, David Little Armed Force and Political Responsibility: Justification and Resort to War in Abrahamic Traditions, John Kelsay Standing before God: Human Responsibilities and Human Rights, Seyyed Hossein Nasr Index of Names and Subjects Index of Scriptural References
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