How to Do Good & Avoid Evil

by Kung, Hans

• ISBN13: 9781594732553
• ISBN10: 1594732558
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Skylight Paths Pub

Summary

In 1993, the World Parliament of Religions endorsed the ¿Declaration towards a Global Ethic¿ based on the premise that the only way to peace among nations was achieving peace among religions, and that peace would only come through dialogue and understanding. With this declaration, drafted by Rev. Dr. Hans Kung, representatives from all the world¿s religions agreed on principles for a global ethic and committed themselves to directives of non-violence, respect for life, solidarity, a just economic order, tolerance, and equal rights and partnership between men and women. But the declaration was just the first step.In How to Do Good and Avoid Evil, the acclaimed Rev. Dr. Hans Küng and Walter Homolka illustrate how achieving these directives is possible by examining them through the lens of Judaism.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Judaism and a Global Ethic	p. 7
Judaism's Universal Gift: An Ethic for Humankind	p. 19
The value of the human: every human being must be treated humanely.
Sacred Image of Man	p. 43
Primary Sources	p. 50
The golden rule: do not do to another what you would not want to be done to you.
Love of Neighbor	p. 65
Primary Sources	p. 69
Peace: commitment to a culture of nonviolence and reverence for all life.
The Tent of Peace	p. 85
Primary Sources	p. 89
Justice: Commitment to a culture of justice and a just economic order.
Public Prosperity	p. 103
Primary Sources	p. 107
Truth and Tolerance: commitment to a culture of tolerance and a life in truthfulness.
Truthfulness	p. 125
Primary Sources	p. 129
Equal Rights: Commitment to a culture of equal rights and a partnership between men and women.
Standing Again at Sinai	p. 143
Primary Sources	p. 147
Afterword: A Vision of Hope
Religious Peace and a Global Ethic	p. 163
Declaration toward a Global Ethic: Council of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Chicago, September 1993	p. 167
Glossary	p. 185
Sources	p. 187
Notes	p. 189
Credits	p. 201
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