In today's world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world's religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism-just action as a guiding religious principle-holds a key in the pursuit of universal peace.
In today's world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world's religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism-just action as a guiding religious principle-holds a key in the pursuit of universal peace.
Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL, is rector of the Abraham Geiger College for the training of rabbis, executive director of the Zacharias Frankel College, and a professor of Jewish studies at University of Potsdam in Germany. He is author of many books, including The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought, coauthor of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism (SkyLight Paths), and a contributor to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism- Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights).
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Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Walter Homolka JUDAISM AND A GLOBAL ETHIC Hans Küng JUDAISM'S UNIVERSAL GIFT: AN ETHIC FOR HUMANKIND Walter Homolka CORE ETHIC 1 THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN: EVERY HUMAN BEING MUST BE TREATED HUMANELY. Sacred Image of Man Abraham J. Heschel Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 2 THE GOLDEN RULE: DO NOT DO TO ANOTHER WHAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE DONE TO YOU. Love of Neighbor Samson Hochfeld Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 3 PEACE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF NONVIOLENCE AND REVERENCE FOR ALL LIFE. The Tent of Peace Hermann Cohen Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 4 JUSTICE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF JUSTICE AND A JUST ECONOMIC ORDER. Public Prosperity Salomo Samuel Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 5 TRUTH AND TOLERANCE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF TOLERANCE AND A LIFE IN TRUTHFULNESS. Truthfulness Leo Baeck Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 6 EQUAL RIGHTS: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Standing Again at Sinai Judith Plaskow Primary Sources AFTERWORD: A VISION OF HOPE Religious Peace and a Global Ethic Hans Küng Declaration toward a Global Ethic Council of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, September 1993 Glossary Sources Notes Credits
Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION Walter Homolka JUDAISM AND A GLOBAL ETHIC Hans Küng JUDAISM'S UNIVERSAL GIFT: AN ETHIC FOR HUMANKIND Walter Homolka CORE ETHIC 1 THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN: EVERY HUMAN BEING MUST BE TREATED HUMANELY. Sacred Image of Man Abraham J. Heschel Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 2 THE GOLDEN RULE: DO NOT DO TO ANOTHER WHAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE DONE TO YOU. Love of Neighbor Samson Hochfeld Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 3 PEACE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF NONVIOLENCE AND REVERENCE FOR ALL LIFE. The Tent of Peace Hermann Cohen Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 4 JUSTICE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF JUSTICE AND A JUST ECONOMIC ORDER. Public Prosperity Salomo Samuel Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 5 TRUTH AND TOLERANCE: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF TOLERANCE AND A LIFE IN TRUTHFULNESS. Truthfulness Leo Baeck Primary Sources CORE ETHIC 6 EQUAL RIGHTS: COMMITMENT TO A CULTURE OF EQUAL RIGHTS AND A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN. Standing Again at Sinai Judith Plaskow Primary Sources AFTERWORD: A VISION OF HOPE Religious Peace and a Global Ethic Hans Küng Declaration toward a Global Ethic Council of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, September 1993 Glossary Sources Notes Credits
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