Jews & Christians in Pursuit of Social Justice

by Falk, Randall M.; Harrelson, Walter J.

• ISBN13: 9780687011223
• ISBN10: 0687011221
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1996-06-01
• Publisher: Abingdon Pr

Summary

In this book, a rabbi and a Christian scholar examine moral and ethical issues of our day in the light of their respective traditions.
In turn, the authors explore marriage and family values, religious liberty, racial tension and civil rights, war and peace, Islam, and economic justice and ecology.
Randall Falk and Walter Harrelson bring to these issues the collective wisdom of more than 2,800 years of the quest for understanding how we can respond to the challenge of the prophet Micah: What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? - Mic. 6:8 (NRSV).

Author Biography

Randall M. Falk is rabbi emeritus at The Temple, Congregation Ohabai Sholom, Nashville, Tennessee, and on the Adjunct Faculty of Vanderbilt Divinity School.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Marriage and Family Values

Religious Liberty

Racial Tensions and Civil Rights

War and Peace

Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Economic Justice and Ecology

Jewish and Christian Ethics in the Light of God's Promises

Glossary

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