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

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

Author: Michael Johnson, Kevin Jung, William Schweiker
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 04/17/2006
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.18lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.83d
ISBN: 9780800638221

Review Citation(s):
Multicultural Review 12/01/2006 pg. 68

About the Author
Schweiker, William: -

William Schweiker is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago.

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