Comparing Religious Traditions Making an Honest Living, Volume 2

by Neusner, Jacob

• ISBN13: 9780534530563
• ISBN10: 0534530567
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-25
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

Praised in pre-publication reviews for its clarity, caliber of scholarship, and coverage of traditions not found in other texts, COMPARING RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS is an innovative set of three texts which compare parts of one tradition with another. Focusing on topics that are familiar human issues to all-family, work, and virtue-the texts help students to understand the commonalities and differences of the traditions.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	xiii
Judaism	1	(35)
Jacob Neusner
Why Must We Work?	1	(5)
How Ought We to Work? Kinds of Work to Be Preferred or Avoided	6	(12)
Why Must We Help Others? Private Gain and Public Benefit	18	(3)
When Work Does Not Work: Unemployment, Exploitation, and Alternatives to Proper Work	21	(4)
Unconventional Work: Working for God	25	(4)
Commentaries	29	(7)
Christianity	36	(32)
Bruce Chilton
Why Must We Work?	36	(7)
How ought We to Work? Kinds of Work to Be Preferred or Avoided	43	(9)
Why Must We Help Others? Private Gain and Public Benefit	52	(6)
When Work Does Not Work: Unemployment, Exploitation, and Alternatives to Proper Work	58	(1)
Unconventional Work: Working for God	59	(3)
Commentaries	62	(6)
Islam	68	(23)
Tamara Sonn
Why Must We Work?	68	(2)
How Ought We to Work? Kinds of Work to Be Preferred or Avoided	70	(4)
Why Must We Help Others? Private Gain and Public Benefit	74	(2)
When Work Does Not Work: Unemployment, Exploitation, and Alternatives to Proper Work	76	(4)
Unconventional Work: Working for God	80	(4)
Commentaries	84	(7)
Hinduism	91	(29)
Brian K. Smith
Why Must We Work?	91	(6)
How Ought We to Work? Kinds of Work to Be Preferred or Avoided	97	(4)
Why Must We Help Others? Private Gain and Public Benefit	101	(5)
When Work Does Not Work: Unemployment, Exploitation, and Alternatives to Proper Work	106	(4)
Unconventional Work: Working for God	110	(3)
Commentaries	113	(7)
Buddhism	120	(26)
Charles Hallisey
Why Must We Work?	120	(8)
How Ought We to Work? Kinds of Work to Be Preferred or Avoided	128	(5)
Why Must We Help Others? Private Gain and Public Benefit	133	(3)
When Work Does Not Work: Unemployment, Exploitation, and Alternatives to Proper Work	136	(2)
Unconventional Work: Working for God	138	(3)
Commentaries	141	(5)
Appendix: Where Do We Find the Authoritative Statements of the Religious Traditions?	146	(1)
Judaism	147	(1)
Christianity	148	(2)
Islam	150	(1)
Hinduism	151	(1)
Buddhism	152