{"product_id":"ethics-in-the-world-religions-9781851682478","title":"Ethics in the World Religions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis latest addition to the \"Oneworld Library of Global Ethics and Religion\" contains articles from some of the world's greatest philosophers and scholars of religion on the role played by religious ethics in today's society. Lively, engaged and thought-provoking, these informative essays consider religion from an applied point of view, considering such issues as what we can learn from Confucianism, and Feng Shui, about ecological awareness; what Buddhism has to say about organ transplants; and - controversially - Islam's approach to gender issues.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Inter-religious understanding  Nancy M. Martin   Part I: Religion and ethics   1 Being religious and doing ethics in a global world; Joseph Runzo  2 Religion and the possibility of a global ethics; Keith Ward  3 Religious moral diversity and relationships; James Kellenberger   Part II: Ethics and religion in the west   4 Doing the right and the good: fundamental convictions and methods of jewish ethics; Elliot N. Dorff  5 Islamic ethics and gender issues; Zayn Kassam  6 The evolutionary self in christian and philosophical perspectives; Nathan Tierney  7 The leveling of meaning: christian ethics in a culture of unconcern; Philip Rossi, S.J.   Part III: Ethics and religion in Asia   8 Hindu ethics and dharma; Vasudha Narayanan  9 Pushing the boundaries of personal ethics: the practice of jaina vows; Christopher Key Chapple  10 Practices of perfection: the ethical aim of Mahayana Buddhism; Dale S. Wright  11 Confucianism: concern and civility; John H. Berthrong   Part IV: Ethical issues across religious traditions   12 \"That was then\": debating nonviolence within the textual traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Daniel L. Smith-Christopher  13 From agape to organs: religious difference between Japan and America in judging the ethics of the transplant; William R. LaFleur  13 Dogged loyalties: a classical indian intervention in care ethics; Vrinda Dalmiya   Part V: Global views of religious ethics   15 Christian social ethics in a global context; Brian Hebblethwaite  16 Confucian cosmology and ecological ethics: qi, li, and the role of the human; Mary Evelyn Tucker  17 Multiplism: a jaina ethics of toleration for a complex world; C. Ram-Prasad   Select Bibliography  Index","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771642315095,"sku":"9781851682478","price":32.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781851682478.jpg?v=1758728631","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ethics-in-the-world-religions-9781851682478","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}