Multi-religious perspectives on a global ethic : in search of a common morality / edited by Myriam Renaud and William Schweiker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Renaud, Myriam, editor.

Schweiker, William, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parliament of the World's Religions--(7th : 2018 : Toronto, Ont.). Global ethic.

Parliament of the World's Religions.

Ethics, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, [2021]

Summary:

"Ratified by the Parliament of the World's Religions in 1993 and expanded in 2018, "Towards a Global Ethic: An Initial Declaration," or the Global Ethic, expresses the minimal set of principles shared by people-religious or not. Though it is a secular document, the Global Ethic emerged after months of collaborative, interreligious dialogue dedicated to identifying a common ethical framework. This volume tests and contests the claim that the Global Ethic's ethical directives can be found in the world's religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions. The book features essays by scholars of religion who grapple with the practical implications of the Global Ethic's directives when applied to issues like women's rights, displaced peoples, income and wealth inequality, India's caste system, and more. The scholars explore their respective religious traditions' ethical response to one or more of these issues and compares them to the ethical response elaborated by the Global Ethic. The traditions included are Hinduism, Engaged Buddhism, Shi'i Islam, Sunni Islam, Confucianism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Indigenous African Religions, and Human Rights. To highlight the complexities within traditions, each essay is followed by a brief response by an expert in the same tradition. Multi-Religious Perspectives on a Global Ethic is of special interest to advanced students and scholars whose work focuses on the traditions listed above, on comparative religion, religious ethics, comparative ethics, and common morality"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Preliminaries: ground rules for grappling with the Global Ethic

1 Networking as equals? engaged Buddhists' egalitarian ideals and hierarchical habits

Response: interrelation as if we really meant it

2 Women's religious authority in Shi'i tradition: a quest for justice

Response: moral authority, epistemic authority, and gender justice

3 Gu Hongming and the religion of good citizenship: a Confucian vision beyond moral universalism and relativism

Response

4 Avadim hayinu: an intersectional Jewish perspective on the Global Ethic of solidarity

Response: solidarity and the sea of reeds

5 Are there principles in the Hindu tradition consonant with "freedom, dignity, and equality"?

Response: human flourishing and the anti-human

6 Globalization, global ethics, and the common good: economic justice and Protestant prophetic proclamation

Response: the ability of these simple structures to resist being defiled

7 Sunni Islam and the estranged ideal: the displaced, the racially disenfranchised, and the Islamic prophetic

8 Decolonizing religion(s)-a new, Catholic direction for the Global Ethic

Response: on political theology and the Global Ethic

9 Tapping the moral wisdom of Africa's Triple Plus heritage of religion and culture

10 Reflections on the relationship between human rights and global ethics

Postscript: the Global Ethic's Directive to care for the Earth

Appendix Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration)

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-301127-6

1-003-01127-6

1-000-26139-5

9781003011279

OCLC:

1192304158