Gift of Responsibility

Lewis S. Mudge is Robert Leighton Stuart Professor of Theology Emeritus at San Francisco Theological Seminary and author of The Church as Moral Community.

• Foreword; Introduction: Humanity's Fate and the Abrahamic Faiths; Chapter One: Can Religious Communities Help Modernity Save Itself?; Chapter Two: Learning Interfaith Lessons from Christian Ecumenism; Chapter Three: Toward a Parallel Hermeneutics of the Abrahamic Texts; Chapter Four: Practicing Moral Hospitality: The Givens and the Gift; Chapter Five: Fostering Just Social Contracts; Chapter Six: Covenantal Humanism: Signs of a New Humanity on Earth.

"The Gift of Responsibility is a critical study of the responsibility of people of the Abrahamic faiths to their traditions, to one another, and to the modern world. In this well-written book, Lewis Mudge lays out the essential steps for developing what he calls "the next ecumenism," which will open new opportunities for Christian theologians in the twenty-first century. Mudge argues that followers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam must seek to overcome their long history of mistrust and join hands to fight the deleterious economic and political forces that threaten to destroy our new global village. Such a daunting task requires that good relations develop among religions. Mudge advocates moral hospitality and covenantal humanism as practical steps for creating justice, peace, and wholeness in the world." -- Akintunde E. Akinade, International Bulletin of Missionary Research