Contributors
IntroductionPART ONE: THE DISTINCTIVENESS OF HUMAN BEING
Monotheism and Humanism, Hilary Putnam
Human Vicegerency: A Blessing or a Curse?
The Challenge to Be God's Caliph in the Qur'an, Abdulaziz Sachedina
Embodying God's Image: Created, Broken, and Redeemed, Lisa Sowle Cahill
The Image of God and the Human Ideal: Reflections from the Varieties of Judaism, Michael Fishbane
Distinctive Love: Gratitude for Life and Theological Humanism, William Schweiker
The Image, the Glory, and the Holy: Aspects of Being Human in Biblical Thought, Tikva Frymer-Kensky
Creation and Initiative: A Reading of Ricoeur's Ethics of Originary Affirmation, Michael A. Johnson
PART TWO: HUMANITY IN CREATION
The Humanistic Ethic: Jewish Reflections, Paul Mendes-Flohr
Common Morality, Premoral Goods, and Religion, Kevin Jung
Natural-Law Judaism? The Genesis of Bioethics in Hans Jonas, Leo Strauss, and Leon Kass, Lawrence Vogel
Divine Justice and the Human Order: An Islamic Perspective, Azizah Y. al-Hibri
Religion, Human Rights, and Secularism: Preliminary Clarifications and Some Islamic, Jewish, and Christian Responses, David Little
Armed Force and Political Responsibility: Justification and Resort to War in Abrahamic Traditions, John Kelsay
Standing before God: Human Responsibilities and Human Rights, Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Index of Names and Subjects
Index of Scriptural References
William Schweiker is one of the leading theological ethicists in North America. He is Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago, USA. Michael Johnson is a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, USA. Kevin Jung recently received his doctorate in Religious Ethics from the University of Chicago and is Spruill Fellow at Emory University, USA.
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