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The quest for a common humanity [electronic resource] : human dignity and otherness in the religious traditions of the Mediterranean / edited by Katell Berthelot and Matthias Morgenstern.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in the history of religions ; 134.
- Numen book series, 0169-8834 ; v. 134
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theological anthropology--History of doctrines.
- Theological anthropology.
- Dignity--Religious aspects--History of doctrines.
- Dignity.
- Interpersonal relations--Religious aspects--History of doctrines.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Abrahamic religions.
- Mediterranean Region--Religion.
- Mediterranean Region.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The worldview that all human beings belong to one big family has, in the history of religions, never been taken for granted. Moreover, human rights are a modern notion that should not be projected back onto the sacred texts of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. However, from the Hellenistic period onwards one encounters the idea of human duties towards not only parents, neighbours and fellow citizens but to all human beings. This volume explores the development of this idea from Antiquity to the present time focussing on the \'other\' as \'neighbour, enemy, and infidel\', on the interpretation of the Biblical story of Abraham´s sacrifice and on ancient and modern ethical and legal implications of the concept of human dignity.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Perceptions of a common humanity
- pt. 2. The other as neighbor, enemy and infidel
- pt. 3. Human dignity and the value of human life : the case of Abraham's sacrifice
- pt. 4. Ethical and legal implications of human dignity.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-12088-7
- 9786613120885
- 90-04-21112-8
- OCLC:
- 727949567
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/ej.9789004201651.i-372 DOI
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