Ethics in the World Religions

Joseph Runzo (Editor) 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 religions pluralism and religious ethics. Nancy M. Martin (Editor) 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.

• Introduction: Inter-religious understanding Nancy M. Martin Part I: Religion and ethics 1 Being religious and doing ethics in a global world; Joseph Runzo 2 Religion and the possibility of a global ethics; Keith Ward 3 Religious moral diversity and relationships; James Kellenberger Part II: Ethics and religion in the west 4 Doing the right and the good: fundamental convictions and methods of jewish ethics; Elliot N. Dorff 5 Islamic ethics and gender issues; Zayn Kassam 6 The evolutionary self in christian and philosophical perspectives; Nathan Tierney 7 The leveling of meaning: christian ethics in a culture of unconcern; Philip Rossi, S.J. Part III: Ethics and religion in Asia 8 Hindu ethics and dharma; Vasudha Narayanan 9 Pushing the boundaries of personal ethics: the practice of jaina vows; Christopher Key Chapple 10 Practices of perfection: the ethical aim of Mahayana Buddhism; Dale S. Wright 11 Confucianism: concern and civility; John H. Berthrong Part IV: Ethical issues across religious traditions 12 "That was then": debating nonviolence within the textual traditions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam; Daniel L. Smith-Christopher 13 From agape to organs: religious difference between Japan and America in judging the ethics of the transplant; William R. LaFleur 13 Dogged loyalties: a classical indian intervention in care ethics; Vrinda Dalmiya Part V: Global views of religious ethics 15 Christian social ethics in a global context; Brian Hebblethwaite 16 Confucian cosmology and ecological ethics: qi, li, and the role of the human; Mary Evelyn Tucker 17 Multiplism: a jaina ethics of toleration for a complex world; C. Ram-Prasad Select Bibliography Index