Multi-Religious Perspectives on a Global Ethic: In Search of a Common Morality

The Global Ethic is a secular document that emerged after months of collaborative, interreligious dialogue to identify a common ethical framework. It tests and contests the claim that the ethical directives can be found in the worlds religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions. The book features essays by scholars of religion who grapple with the practical implications of the directives when applied to issues like womens rights, displaced peoples, income and wealth inequality, Indias caste system, and more.

Format: Hardback
Length: 248 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2020
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Parliament of the Worlds Religions ratified Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration), also known as the Global Ethic, in 1993, and it was expanded in 2018. This document outlines the fundamental principles that unite people, regardless of their religious beliefs. While it is a secular text, the Global Ethic emerged through months of collaborative, interreligious dialogue aimed at establishing a shared ethical framework. This volume challenges the assertion that the ethical directives of the Global Ethic can be found in the world's religious, spiritual, and cultural traditions.

The book includes essays by scholars of religion who examine the practical implications of the Global Ethics directives when applied to various issues such as women's rights, displaced populations, income and wealth inequality, India's caste system, and more. The scholars explore the ethical responses within their respective religious traditions to these issues and compare them to the ethical framework developed by the Global Ethic. The traditions covered in the essays include Hinduism, Engaged Buddhism, Shi'i Islam, Sunni Islam, Confucianism, Protestantism, Catholicism, Judaism, Indigenous African Religions, and Human Rights. To provide a deeper understanding of the complexities within these traditions, most essays are followed by brief responses from experts within the same tradition.

Multi-Religious Perspectives on a Global Ethic is particularly valuable for advanced students and scholars specializing in the religious traditions listed above, as well as comparative religion, religious ethics, comparative ethics, and common morality.

Weight: 556g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367819958