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How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism

Walter Homolka

In today's world of unrest, we need shared ethical will, moral force and energy among the world's religious traditions. Shows how the overarching message of Judaism-just action as a guiding religious principle-holds a key in the pursuit of universal peace.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Skylight Paths Publishing
  • Publish Date: Jun 1st, 2009
  • Pages: 226
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.00in - 6.30in - 0.80in - 1.00lb
  • EAN: 9781594732553
  • Categories: Judaism - Theology

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About the Author

Homolka, Walter: -

Rabbi Walter Homolka, PhD, DHL, is rector of the Abraham Geiger College for the training of rabbis, executive director of the Zacharias Frankel College, and a professor of Jewish studies at University of Potsdam in Germany. He is author of many books, including The Gate to Perfection: The Idea of Peace in Jewish Thought, coauthor of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism (SkyLight Paths), and a contributor to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism--Yizkor and We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism--Ashamnu and Al Chet (both Jewish Lights).

Küng, Hans: -

Hans Küng, a leading Roman Catholic theologian and priest, is president of the Global Ethic Foundation and emeritus professor of ecumenical theology at Tübingen University in Germany. He is author of many books, including Global Responsibility: In Search of a New World Ethic and Yes to a Global Ethic, and coauthor of How to Do Good & Avoid Evil: A Global Ethic from the Sources of Judaism.

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Praise for this book

"Enlightening and inspiring.... Convincingly shows ... all religions of the world can endorse a global ethic and each has a distinctive contribution to it. This book offers Judaism as a 'case study' for a global project."
-Paul F. Knitter, Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, World Religions, and Culture, Union Theological Seminary

"At a time when people around the globe experience great division but also the unifying power of technology, this new framework offers hope for interfaith dialogue and understanding."
-Rabbi Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus, president, Central Conference of American Rabbis

"Demonstrates the rich contribution Judaism can make to the development of an ethical framework for today's global society. [Gives] the Jewish tradition its rightful place at the center of the ongoing discussion of a global ethic."
-John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, PhD, professor of social ethics; director, Catholic-Jewish Studies Program, Catholic Theological Union

"Proclaims the equality and worth of all persons in the eyes of God-irrespective of their faiths.... A vital and significant addition to the library of ecumenical discourse and interfaith dialogue."
-Rabbi David Ellenson, president, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion