Ethics, in the world religions / edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin.

Other author Runzo, Joseph, 1948-
Other author Martin, Nancy M.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2001.
Descriptionxvii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Religion and ethics.
Religious ethics.
Religious pluralism.
Religions.

SeriesThe library of global ethics and religion ; v. 3
Library of global ethics and religion ; v. 3. ^A1353249
Contents Introduction : Inter-religious understanding / Nancy M. Martin -- Religion and ethics. Being religious and doing ethics in a global world / Joseph Runzo -- Religion and the possibility of a global ethics / Keith Ward -- Religious moral diversity and relationships / James Kellemberger -- Ethics and religion in the west. Doing the right and the good : fundamental convictions and methods of Jewish ethics / Elliot N. Dorff -- Islamic ethics and gender issues / Zayn Kassam -- Evolutionary self in Christian and philosophical perspectives / Nathan Tierney -- Leveling of meaning : Christian ethics in a culture of unconcern / Philip Rossi -- Ethics and religion in Asia. Hindu ethics and dharma / Vasudha Narayanan -- Pushing the boundaries of personal ethics : the practice of Jaina vows / Christopher Key Chapple -- Practices of perfection : the ethical aim of Mahayna Buddhism / Dale S. Wright -- Confucianism : concern and civility / John H. Berthong -- Ethical issues across religious traditions. "That was then ..." : debating nonviolence within the textual traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / Daniel L. Smith-Christopher -- From agape to organs : religious difference between Japan and America in judging the ethics of the transplant / William R. LaFleur -- Dogged loyalties : a classical Indian intervention in care ethics / Vrinda Dalmiya -- Christian social ethics in a global context / Brian Hebblethwaite -- Confucian cosmology and ecological ethics : qi, li and the role of the human / Mary Evelyn Tucker -- Multiplism : a Janina ethics of tolertion for a complex world / C. Ram-Prasad.
Abstract In this book, some of the world's greatest philosophers and scholars of religion have come together to consider the role played by religious ethics in today's society. It considers what religion has to teach us about morality, behaviour and ethics.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Ethics, in the world religions. Oxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2001
Issued in other formOnline version: Ethics, in the world religions. Oxford ; New York : Oneworld, 2001
ISBN1851682473 (paperback)
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