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This latest addition to the "Oneworld Library of Global Ethics and Religion"ontains articles from some of the world's greatest philosophers and scholarsf religion on the role played by religious ethics in today's society. Lively,ngaged and thought-provoking, these informative essays consider religionrom an applied point of view, considering such issues as what we can learnrom Confucianism, and Feng Shui, about ecological awareness; what Buddhismas to say about organ transplants; and - controversially - Islam's approacho gender issues.

Joseph Runzo is Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Chapman University and Life Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge University. The recipient of six Fellowships and Awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, he has published widely in philosophy and theology on issues of religious pluralism and religious ethics Nancy M. Martin is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Chapman University. The recipient of a Graves Award for the Humanities, her research has involved extensive fieldwork in Rajasthan, and she is a well-known expert on devotional Hinduism and the religious lives of women

List of Illustrations

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List of Contributors

xi

Acknowledgments

xvi

Introduction: Inter-Religious Understanding

1

(18)

Nancy M. Martin

Part I RELIGION AND ETHICS

Being Religious and Doing Ethics in a Global World

19

(20)

Joseph Runzo

Religion and the Possibility of a Global Ethics

39

(26)

Keith Ward

Religious Moral Diversity and Relationships

65

(24)

James Kellenberger

Part II ETHICS AND RELIGION IN THE WEST

Doing the Right and the Good: Fundamental Convictions and Methods of Jewish Ethics

89

(26)

Elliot N. Dorff

Islamic Ethics and Gender Issues

115

(22)

Zayn Kassam

The Evolutionary Self in Christian and Philosophical Perspectives

137

(24)

Nathan Tierney

The Leveling of Meaning: Christian Ethics in a Culture of Unconcern

161

(16)

Philip Rossi, S.J.

Part III ETHICS AND RELIGION IN ASIA

Hindu Ethics and Dharma

177

(20)

Vasudha Narayanan

Pushing the Boundaries of Personal Ethics: the Practice of Jaina Vows

197

(22)

Christopher Key Chapple

Practices of Perfection: The Ethical Aim of Mahayana Buddhism

219

(16)

Dale S. Wright

Confucianism: Concern and Civility

235

(16)

John H. Berthrong

Part IV ETHICAL ISSUES ACROSS RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS

``That was Then...'': Debating Nonviolence Within the Textual Traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam

251

(20)

Daniel L. Smith-Christopher

From Agape to Organs: Religious Difference Between Japan and American in Judging the Ethics of the Transplant

271

(22)

William R. LaFleur

Dogged Loyalties: A Classical Indian Intervention in Care Ethics

293

(16)

Vrinda Dalmiya

Part V GLOBAL VIEWS OF RELIGIOUS ETHICS

Christian Social Ethics in a Global Context

309

(22)

Brian Hebblethwaite

Confucian Cosmology and Ecological Ethics: QI, LI, and the Role of the Human

331

(16)

Mary Evelyn Tucker

Multiplism: A Jaina Ethics of Toleration for a Complex World

347

(23)

C. Ram-Prasad

Select Bibliography

370

(5)

Index

375

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