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How To Do Good And Avoid Evil
Kung, Hans; Homolka, Walter
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Description for How To Do Good And Avoid Evil
Hardback. Translator(s): Bowden, John. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: HRJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 550.
In 1993, the World Parliament of Religions endorsed the "Declaration towards a Global Ethic" composed by Hans Küng. In it, representatives from all the world's religions agreed on principles for a global ethic and committed themselves to directives of non-violence, respect for life, solidarity, a just economic order, tolerance, and equal rights and partnership between men and women. But the declaration was just the first step. In HOW TO DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL, Küng, probably the most famous living Roman Catholic theologian, and Rabbi Walter Homolka, head of Germany's rabbinical seminary and distinguished professor, draw on the Jewish ... Read more
In 1993, the World Parliament of Religions endorsed the "Declaration towards a Global Ethic" composed by Hans Küng. In it, representatives from all the world's religions agreed on principles for a global ethic and committed themselves to directives of non-violence, respect for life, solidarity, a just economic order, tolerance, and equal rights and partnership between men and women. But the declaration was just the first step. In HOW TO DO GOOD AND AVOID EVIL, Küng, probably the most famous living Roman Catholic theologian, and Rabbi Walter Homolka, head of Germany's rabbinical seminary and distinguished professor, draw on the Jewish ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Jewish Lights Publishing United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Woodstock, United States
ISBN
9781594732553
SKU
V9781594732553
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About Kung, Hans; Homolka, Walter
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. Rabbi Walter Homolka is the rector of the Abraham Geiger College ... Read more
Reviews for How To Do Good And Avoid Evil
"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 ... Read more