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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819759003321

Titolo

Monotheism & ethics : historical and contemporary intersections among Judaism, Christianity, and Islam / / edited by Y. Tzvi Langermann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-33485-2

9786613334855

90-04-21741-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Studies on the children of Abraham, , 2210-4720 ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

LangermannY. Tzvi

Disciplina

205

Soggetti

Religion and ethics

Monotheism

Religious ethics

Abrahamic religions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Partially proceedings of a conference held in Dec. 2008 at Bar-Ilan University.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- Introduction. Monotheism and Ethics: A Worthy and Timely Topic / Y. Tzvi Langermann -- Monotheism and Ethics / Lenn E. Goodman -- Approaching Distinctiveness: Some Preliminary Considerations and Data / William Scott Green -- Religion and Morality / William J. Wainwright -- Religious Symbolism and Moral Distinctiveness / Eugene Garver -- Monotheism as a Continuing Ethical Challenge to Jews / Menachem Kellner -- Serving God and Moral Life / Joseph Boyle -- The Ethics of Creation: Biblical and Post-Metaphysical Views / Michael Fagenblat -- Ibn Miskawayh’s Tartīb al-Saʿādāt (The Order of Happiness) / Roxanne D. Marcotte -- Al-Ghazālī’s Ethical Egoism and Divine Will / Aladdin M. Yaqub -- One Ethic for Three Faiths / Y. Tzvi Langermann -- Finding Common Ground among Monotheists in Bioethics / Aaron L. Mackler -- Protestant Bioethics and the New Reproductive Technologies / Cynthia B. Cohen -- The Ethics of Nazīh Abū ʿAfash, A Self-styled “Christian Atheist” / Basilius Bawardi -- Common Ground between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam: An Islamic View of the Monotheistic Path to Morality / Abbas Hamdani -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

The nexus between monotheism and ethics, especially in the forms professed by the three Abrahamic faiths, is the theme that binds together the studies in this volume. Fourteen leading academics from around the world discuss philosophical and theological connections, historical interactions, as well as responses to new and contemporary issues. Most, though not all of the essays, find a meaningful connection between monotheism and ethics; but none shy away from the problems involved.