Ethics in the World Religions,9781851682478

Ethics in the World Religions

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ISBN13: 9781851682478
ISBN10: 1851682473
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-23
Publisher(s): ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS
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Summary

This latest addition to the "Oneworld Library of Global Ethics and Religion"ontains articles from some of the world's greatest philosophers and scholarsf religion on the role played by religious ethics in today's society. Lively,ngaged and thought-provoking, these informative essays consider religionrom an applied point of view, considering such issues as what we can learnrom Confucianism, and Feng Shui, about ecological awareness; what Buddhismas to say about organ transplants; and - controversially - Islam's approacho gender issues.

Author Biography

Joseph Runzo is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Chapman University and Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. The recipient of six Fellowships and Awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he has published widely in philosophy and theology on issues of religious pluralism and religious ethics Nancy M. Martin is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Chapman University. The recipient of a Graves Award for the Humanities, her research has involved extensive fieldwork in Rajasthan, and she is a well-known expert on devotional Hinduism and the religious lives of women

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
x
List of Contributors
xi
Acknowledgments xvi
Introduction: Inter-Religious Understanding 1(18)
Nancy M. Martin
Part I RELIGION AND ETHICS
Being Religious and Doing Ethics in a Global World
19(20)
Joseph Runzo
Religion and the Possibility of a Global Ethics
39(26)
Keith Ward
Religious Moral Diversity and Relationships
65(24)
James Kellenberger
Part II ETHICS AND RELIGION IN THE WEST
Doing the Right and the Good: Fundamental Convictions and Methods of Jewish Ethics
89(26)
Elliot N. Dorff
Islamic Ethics and Gender Issues
115(22)
Zayn Kassam
The Evolutionary Self in Christian and Philosophical Perspectives
137(24)
Nathan Tierney
The Leveling of Meaning: Christian Ethics in a Culture of Unconcern
161(16)
Philip Rossi, S.J.
Part III ETHICS AND RELIGION IN ASIA
Hindu Ethics and Dharma
177(20)
Vasudha Narayanan
Pushing the Boundaries of Personal Ethics: the Practice of Jaina Vows
197(22)
Christopher Key Chapple
Practices of Perfection: The Ethical Aim of Mahayana Buddhism
219(16)
Dale S. Wright
Confucianism: Concern and Civility
235(16)
John H. Berthrong
Part IV ETHICAL ISSUES ACROSS RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS
``That was Then...'': Debating Nonviolence Within the Textual Traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
251(20)
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher
From Agape to Organs: Religious Difference Between Japan and American in Judging the Ethics of the Transplant
271(22)
William R. LaFleur
Dogged Loyalties: A Classical Indian Intervention in Care Ethics
293(16)
Vrinda Dalmiya
Part V GLOBAL VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS ETHICS
Christian Social Ethics in a Global Context
309(22)
Brian Hebblethwaite
Confucian Cosmology and Ecological Ethics: QI, LI, and the Role of the Human
331(16)
Mary Evelyn Tucker
Multiplism: A Jaina Ethics of Toleration for a Complex World
347(23)
C. Ram-Prasad
Select Bibliography 370(5)
Index 375

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