Humanity before God: Contemporary Faces of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Ethics

by Michael Johnson

Does religious extremism represent an inevitable consequence of firmly held beliefs in life-and-death situations? Is there a way out? Gathering ethicists and scholars from the three major and often conflicting monotheistic traditions, each was asked to correlate a religious tradition's sacred texts and tradition with the contemporary world's pluralism and claims about the inalienable sanctity and dignity of human life. The result is that the reader sees "human life before God" in new and profound ways. Contributors include: Hilary Putnam Abdulaziz Sachedina Lisa Sowle Cahill Michael Fishbane William Schweiker Tikva Frymer-Kensky Michael A. Johnson Paul Mendes-Flohr Kevin Jung Lawrence Vogel Azizah al-Hibri David Little Kohn Kelsay Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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First published April 30, 2006

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[Rosemary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Important perspectives on the three Abrahamic faiths through the lens of ethics and morality. You would have to be a serious scholar to wade through the dense philosophical language in this collection of essays, based on lectures presented at a conference. But even a cursory read is rewarding as we ponder how to live our individual faiths yet live faithfully in harmony.