The gift of responsibility : the promise of dialogue among Christians, Jews, and Muslims / Lewis S. Mudge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mudge, Lewis Seymour, 1929-2009.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and other religions.

Judaism--Relations.

Judaism.

Relations.

Islam--Relations.

Islam.

Religion and civilization.

Physical Description:

xiii, 313 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Continuum, [2008]

Summary:

For Christian theologian and ecumenist Lewis Mudge, interreligious dialogue, ever returning to its shared Abrahamic origins, proposes "rooted cosmopolitans," offering a gift of responsibility toward the well-being of humankind. That gift provides an awareness of the opportunity to assist societies in overcoming betrayals of their own Enlightenment-based promises of secular salvation.

Contents:

Exploring the lay of the land : searching for a common agenda

Public religions in the modern world : opportunity and responsibility

The "modern project" : how we got this way and what can be done about it

Parallel and interactive hermeneutics : three inter-Abrahamic projects

Reading scriptures together : obedience and responsibility in the Abraham narratives

Communities of covenantal virtue : forgiveness, trust, solidarity

Political philosophy for an Abrahamic public presence

Civil society and social contracts in Israel-Palestine

Toward covenantal humanism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-309) and index.

ISBN:

9780826428394

0826428398

OCLC:

226984585